New “puddle lights”

The first mod for Black Knight! A bit of an easy one – actually really easy, just a few seconds to pull out the stock lamp on the bottom of each door, and connect the replacement.


There’s been a lot of discussion about these on the MINI Countryman facebook group recently, and I ordered mine from Way Motor Works – delivered in just a few days, great quality; I liked the fact that they are labeled “L”/”R” for the doors, and I like the subtle mod result.

Pool tiling

It’s been a week since our last pool update, but there was only one “dead” day – we had permits signed off on the plumbing & electrical conduit, and all the plumbing ditches were filled in.
But now today, there’s real work happening again with the installation of the tiles around the pool and hot tub. It’s more than one days work, but there’s progress already – including our first view of the waterfall design, which is even more impressive than imagined!

Here’s some views at the end of today’s work, including a view from above!

Alternate Wild Africa Trek

One of our favorite extra cost Disney tours is Wild Africa Trek at Animal Kingdom. We’ve done this tour a few times already (2011, 2012, 2013) but with Margaret’s Mum unable to climb rope ladders and bridges, we didn’t think it was suitable.
But Disney being Disney, of course there’s a solution – the “alternate” Wild Africa Trek which replaces the early rope bridge part of the tour with extra time parkside. I expected this to be a little less fun, but it turned out that today was the best yet; mostly because the animals really stepped up their game – pure luck – but if you take a photo like this, how can the day go wrong:

That picture was near the end of our tour, but we had an amazing time earlier with birds, Giraffe and of course the delicious lunch: