Had to say goodbye to my 4 legged banksman today, hip dysplasia had him nearly crippled, wasn't eating or drinking.. R.I.P. Cody...
A tight squeeze...
That's a tough break, pets are part of the family, sorry for your loss.
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Posted 29 June 2026 - 07:47 PM
That's a tough break, pets are part of the family, sorry for your loss.
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Posted 04 July 2026 - 05:08 PM
Sorry to read the news about Cody, mate. Best Wishes. 
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Posted 09 July 2026 - 06:47 PM
A weekend away in just the mini, with all the kids and the wife. Norn Iron Classic minis held their annual static show in Glenarm Castle on Sunday the 5th. There was also a run on the Saturday evening, across the scenic roads of the Antrim mountains.
We packed up the mini to the brim, couldn't have got much more in! Missed out on a cheap roof rack a few weeks ago, which would have been very handy!
We broke the journey into 2 legs, getting everyone fed halfway there to stop the hungry demons appearing. Then done the run on the Saturday evening, about 30 cars took part. Was a good run up through the hills, across narrow country roads and the weather stayed dry having been raining on and off earlier in the day.
We came to a tight downhill then uphill hairpin-esque and the AFR gauge started to read lean on the way down, engine stuttered just on the way out of the corner, and cut out just slightly up the hill. Quickly put the hazards on and everyone got enough time to slow down. A quick check on the float needle showed it was clear (and of course I had to drop one of the screws! Thankfully I seen it on the subframe and managed to retrieve it!)
Float bowl was empty, turning over the engine with the pipe off and no fuel was coming up. Had to completely empty the jam packed boot to get to the filter, the rubber hose had become kinked and stopped the fuel flow. Unkinked it and filter started filling again, then once the pipe was put back on the float bowl, it fired into life. The boot was then repacked with a lot less attention to get going, so some stuff had to go in on the rear footwells.
Had the insta360 attached to record the run, but I've now found out that it will only record a single 29 minute file if it's started via the app. So in future I have to start the recording with the camera button, but also need to have the app opened to record GPS stats.
Here's the partial recording, missing the last 8km of the run..
https://youtu.be/QdCXp4icVQA
Onto Sunday, a quick wash of the car at the AirBnB to get loads of bugs, bird crap and brake dust off, loaded up the car with more care as we were heading home after the show and headed off. The show featured around 130 minis of all variations, with each assigned it's own designated area within castle grounds, and all on hard surfaces so no chance of wet socks!
The show was good, but didn't get much time to look at cars with 3 forever hungry kids!
Journey home was pretty uneventful, it's a long uphill climb out of Larne towards Belfast, we were also driving into a strong headwind so the temperature gauge sat mid-way between N and H. It stayed there most of the way home, and gradually went back to N once off the motorway.
Literally didn't take any photos of the show, the only one I have is via Conor Harden Photography on Facebook...
I had updated my mini mini, painted it in the same colour Speedwell Blue and redone the graphics and added some details to the engine bay. I had also got a solar powered rotating display mount, had it on the parcel shelf, but as we were parked by a hedge, not many people got to see it, so I placed it on top of the air box for the last hour or so if the show.
We packed up the mini to the brim, couldn't have got much more in! Missed out on a cheap roof rack a few weeks ago, which would have been very handy!
We broke the journey into 2 legs, getting everyone fed halfway there to stop the hungry demons appearing. Then done the run on the Saturday evening, about 30 cars took part. Was a good run up through the hills, across narrow country roads and the weather stayed dry having been raining on and off earlier in the day.
We came to a tight downhill then uphill hairpin-esque and the AFR gauge started to read lean on the way down, engine stuttered just on the way out of the corner, and cut out just slightly up the hill. Quickly put the hazards on and everyone got enough time to slow down. A quick check on the float needle showed it was clear (and of course I had to drop one of the screws! Thankfully I seen it on the subframe and managed to retrieve it!)
Float bowl was empty, turning over the engine with the pipe off and no fuel was coming up. Had to completely empty the jam packed boot to get to the filter, the rubber hose had become kinked and stopped the fuel flow. Unkinked it and filter started filling again, then once the pipe was put back on the float bowl, it fired into life. The boot was then repacked with a lot less attention to get going, so some stuff had to go in on the rear footwells.
Had the insta360 attached to record the run, but I've now found out that it will only record a single 29 minute file if it's started via the app. So in future I have to start the recording with the camera button, but also need to have the app opened to record GPS stats.
Here's the partial recording, missing the last 8km of the run..
https://youtu.be/QdCXp4icVQA
Onto Sunday, a quick wash of the car at the AirBnB to get loads of bugs, bird crap and brake dust off, loaded up the car with more care as we were heading home after the show and headed off. The show featured around 130 minis of all variations, with each assigned it's own designated area within castle grounds, and all on hard surfaces so no chance of wet socks!
The show was good, but didn't get much time to look at cars with 3 forever hungry kids!
Journey home was pretty uneventful, it's a long uphill climb out of Larne towards Belfast, we were also driving into a strong headwind so the temperature gauge sat mid-way between N and H. It stayed there most of the way home, and gradually went back to N once off the motorway.
Literally didn't take any photos of the show, the only one I have is via Conor Harden Photography on Facebook...
I had updated my mini mini, painted it in the same colour Speedwell Blue and redone the graphics and added some details to the engine bay. I had also got a solar powered rotating display mount, had it on the parcel shelf, but as we were parked by a hedge, not many people got to see it, so I placed it on top of the air box for the last hour or so if the show.
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Posted Today, 08:19 AM
Sunday was the Mourne Mini clubs annual show in Donard park in Newcastle Co. Down. A smaller than usual turn out, as some other shows had been organised for the same day.
A round trip of 150kms, thankfully the weather held up for most of the day with only a few passing showers (thankfully we had gone for an early dinner and avoided the worst of them)
Unpacking, like reverse Tetris!
Photo courtesy of Andy Simpson
Next outing is the Causeway Coast Mini Clubs annual road run and show at the end of August.
A few jobs need sorting before then. While washing over the car, I noticed some melted plastic on the underside of the arches, the Glenarm run was quite bumpy so must have been touching the tyre. I'm going to raise it up all around by 10mm.
I'm going to do a coolant flush, see if it makes any noticeable difference to the engine temps, longer motorway driving has the needle sitting halfway between N and H, although there hasn't been any signs of it getting too hot, and the ambient temperatures have been quite high. I think I have a 82° stat in it, so maybe swap it out for the 88°.
A round trip of 150kms, thankfully the weather held up for most of the day with only a few passing showers (thankfully we had gone for an early dinner and avoided the worst of them)
Unpacking, like reverse Tetris!
Photo courtesy of Andy Simpson
Next outing is the Causeway Coast Mini Clubs annual road run and show at the end of August.
A few jobs need sorting before then. While washing over the car, I noticed some melted plastic on the underside of the arches, the Glenarm run was quite bumpy so must have been touching the tyre. I'm going to raise it up all around by 10mm.
I'm going to do a coolant flush, see if it makes any noticeable difference to the engine temps, longer motorway driving has the needle sitting halfway between N and H, although there hasn't been any signs of it getting too hot, and the ambient temperatures have been quite high. I think I have a 82° stat in it, so maybe swap it out for the 88°.
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