Ian C.

Not my MINI

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Ian C.

My Clubman is back at Orlando MINI tonight due to two more repeats of the failing / jamming ebrake, and so I’ve got a four door hardtop automatic to drive. Noticeably smaller inside, with almost no legroom behind the driver seat positioned for me (doesn’t matter there’s a rear door if there’s nowhere to get in to!), but admittedly fine to drive – feels quicker than mine but perhaps just because the automatic makes me less aware of changing speed. The basic center console is a disappointment too.

Iceland 2017 waterfalls

Posted on October 18, 2017December 10, 2022 by Ian C.

There’s a lot of snow-capped mountains in Iceland and that makes for a lot of water from melting snow, that needs to come down – and so there are waterfalls everywhere! Honestly they get a bit too much after a week … but here’s some photos anyway:

Taken with NightCap

Iceland 2017 at the beach

Posted on October 18, 2017December 10, 2022 by Ian C.

Since Iceland has been created by volcanos, it’s geologically young and much of the coast and beaches are still very rugged with many steep cliffs – even more fabulous is that the “sand” is mostly eroded basalt and black!

At one place during the trip, we were able to photograph seals – so here’s a collection of rugged coast, black beach, and grey seal photos: