M&I / GBMINI

My old home, a long way from home

Posted on October 14, 2007February 21, 2017 by Ian C.

I was reading through the Boston Globe today (a huge Sunday newspaper about 4″ thick), and flicking through the many advert sections to check out the latest gadgets, when suddenly an advert in the Best Buy flyer caught my eye:

Take a closer look at the Garmin GPS screen! I’ve no idea what strange mix-up resulted in USA based Best Buy running this picture, but seeing Crystal Palace (where I was born), Bromley (where I grew up), Croydon, Sidcup (where I went to school), etc really made my day 🙂

Come to MAMA V

Posted on October 13, 2007February 13, 2017 by Ian C.

Another MAMA drive around Mount Monadnock – and this year the weather was perfect! Sunny, blue skies, and mid 50s! A great time with MINI friends too … The day began at the Target parking lot in Keene; in total almost 50 MINIs came:

About 11am, the first of two MINI groups headed off for a total of 100 miles driving around pretty, twisty, and sometimes dirt, roads …

After lunch, we continued our drive back towards Keene (and for a while, following the only non-MINI in the group, owned by Annette), with lots of MINIs behind; our drive ended at Keene Airport (where we remembered Dereks demonstration drive, back in 2005!)