Showing posts with label Octopus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Octopus. Show all posts

Sunday, October 08, 2023

World Octopus Day

Today is World Octopus Day.


We've seen quite a few octopuses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years.

Minigolf Octopus Obstacles

Monday, June 01, 2020

Pirate Mini Golf at the centre:MK in Milton Keynes

Playing the pop-up Pirate Mini Golf course at the centre:MK. Six years ago today.


On Sunday 1st June 2014 we headed over to Milton Keynes to make the 560th course visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pirate Adventure Golf at thecentre:MK in Milton Keynes

The 12-hole Pirate Mini Golf course became the 336th played since 2006.

The course was of the 'Eternit' type of Miniature Golf - with the addition of felt to the playing surface and a few non-standard hole types and obstacles.

The pirate-theming around the site was very well done and the striking blue of the felt on the course made a nice contrast with the green felt flooring surrounding it.

Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Happy World Octopus Day

Today is World Octopus Day.


Octopus at Castleford Adventure Golf
The lurking octopus in Castleford

International Octopus Day is the perfect time to celebrate these creatures of the deep.


We've seen quite a few octopuses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.


Olga the Octopus at Southend Pier Crazy Golf
Olga the Octopus at Southend Pier Crazy Golf

A kraken on the pop-up Pirate Adventure Golf at the Centre MK in Milton Keynes
A kraken on the pop-up Pirate Adventure Golf at the Centre MK in Milton Keynes

An octopus on the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Another kraken, this one was on the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl

Surfside Crazy Golf at Pensarn Beach in Abergele
Playing the Sea Dwellers Crazy Golf course at Pensarn Beach in Abergele

Crazy Golf course on Southend Pier
Playing the Olga the Octopus hole on Southend Pier

5 Star Crazy Golf at Bainland Country Park, near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
The lesser-spotted octopus obstacle on a DK Fibreglass Crazy Golf course

5 Star Crazy Golf at Bainland Country Park, near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
The course had five cups on each green. It's the only course of its kind we've played. It's also the only course I've shot a 'perfect' round on

A destructive octopus at the indoor Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course in Blackpool
A destructive octopus at the indoor Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course in Blackpool

A cephalopod on the Sea Dwellers Crazy Golf course at The Golden Palm Resort, Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness
A cephalopod on the Sea Dwellers Crazy Golf course at The Golden Palm Resort, Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness

An octopus on the fibreglass Crazy Golf course at the MiniLinks in St Annes on the Sea
An octopus on the fibreglass Crazy Golf course at the MiniLinks in St Annes on the Sea

An octopus in the glow-in-the-dark section of Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf course in Stevenage
An octopus in the glow-in-the-dark section of Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf course in Stevenage
 
The kraken on the pop-up Pirate Mini Golf course at the Galleria Shopping Centre in Hatfield
The kraken on the pop-up Pirate Mini Golf course at the Galleria Shopping Centre in Hatfield

Have you seen any octopus obstacles on a crazy, minigolf or adventure golf course? Do let us know where they were.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Revisiting Hastings Pier

We recently visited Hastings for the first time since 2015 and it was great to have a walk on the new pier. We'd only ever been on it once before back in 2008.

Hastings Pier

We were really impressed with what has been built following the fire which almost totally destroyed it in 2010.

Hastings Pier
A view of the new pier from White Rock Gardens

Hastings Pier
The end of the pier is a nice wide-open space. We've visited a lot of piers on our travels and Hastings Pier is certainly different to most

A pair of Minions on the pier

We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!
We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
There was a lot of knitted bunting

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
Having a nice sit down next to a mermaid
  
Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
A knitted beach hut

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
The knitting got almost everywhere

Hastings Pier
One of the un-yarn bombed benches at the end of the pier

While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot
While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot

Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver
Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver

Visit the Hastings Pier website for more information.

Friday, July 08, 2016

Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf in Stevenage

A visit to Mr Mulligan's latest Adventure Golf course.

You can't miss the entrance to the Lost World Golf!

Last year we heard about a new minigolf venue opening in Stevenage and Mr Mulligan's latest course - Lost World Golf - opened at Stevenage Leisure Park earlier this year.

Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf gets the thumbs up from the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've been itching to get along for a game and earlier this week we had a round on the two nautical themed courses. We loved it.

Our crew of adventure golfers in Stevenage

The courses became the 685th and 686th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and were the 403rd and 404th played.

A view of the Jungle course

The 16th hole in the Jungle

Our group hit the Jungle Explorers course for round one and followed this with a game on the Ocean Adventurers layout.


Emily on the 15th about to putt to the ground floor green

If you press this button...

There is some excellent theming throughout the indoor Adventure Golf venue - not least the giant wooden submarine that sits in the middle of the two courses!

Local competitor Simon Hinton and the wooden submarine

What an obstacle/hole/feature!

The inside of the submarine contains a very very tough hole to play!

There's a real mix of obstacles and hole types and there's even a section of holes where you are plunged into blacklight - one of my favourite types of minigolf environments to play in.

The blacklight area on the Ocean Adventurers course

A glow in the dark octopus

Meeting Mr Mulligan

Emily putting under the sea

As we're super competitive players we made sure we kept score and the results of our contest are below - it was very close indeed!

Round 1 - Jungle Explorers Championship
1st - Simon 'Local Athlete' Hinton - 45
2nd (tied) - Cat 'Helter Skelter' Patterson - 46
2nd (tied) - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried - 46
4th - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - 51
5th - Simon 'Practice' Hall - 52
6th - 'First Game' Salimeh - 71

Round 2 - Ocean Adventurers Championship
1st - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried - 47
2nd - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - 51
3rd - Simon 'Local Athlete' Hinton - 52
4th - Cat 'Helter Skelter' Patterson - 56

The champ

Overall - Stevenage Invitational Tournament
1st - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried - 46 + 47 = 93
2nd - Simon 'Local Athlete' Hinton - 45 + 52 = 97
3rd (tied) - Cat 'Helter Skelter' Patterson - 46 + 56 = 102
3rd (tied) - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried - 51 + 51 = 102
5th - Simon 'Practice' Hall - 52 + DNF
6th - 'First Game' Salimeh - 71 + DNF

Always nice to see a shark on a minigolf course. And a large mouthed sea monster

Aces Championship
1st (tied) - Cat Patterson - hole 4 (Jungle) and hole 9 (Ocean)
1st (tied) - Simon Hinton - hole 13 and 18 (Jungle)
3rd - Emily Gottfried - hole 7 (Jungle)

Another fine minigolf scorecard added to The Crazy Golf Museum archives


It was also nice to have a break between rounds with a drink at the bar. We also had a celebratory/consolation drink at the end of our second round.



Visit Mr Mulligan's website for opening times and prices, as well as details of his courses in Milton Keynes, Sidcup, Castleford, Nottingham and Woking. We've yet to visit the Nottingham course at Ramsdale Park Golf Centre.

You can read about Mr Mulligan's exploits at the course

Links:
Adventure Golf Limited website
Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf website
Stevenage Leisure Park website

Related blog posts:
Indoor Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date
Hertfordshire
Stevenage
- Shark

Video:
- Playing the Doomsday Device at Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf in Stevenage

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Playing Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

A visit to the miniature golf course at the end of Southend Pier.


On Saturday 25th June we headed to the seaside town of Southend on Sea for a day out of fun and games. Starting with a visit to the new Southend Pier Crazy Golf course - 1.3 miles out at sea!

Olga the Octopus

Emily in action on the pier's latest attraction

The 12-hole layout is on the world's longest pleasure pier and is brilliant fun.

Putting through Olga the Octopus

It's a great layout and even though there are some tough holes and obstacles, there are still plenty of hole in one opportunities.



The course became the 402nd played and 683rd visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A hole in one


During our visit we competed in a 12-player contest to crown the end of the pier champion. Featuring a cast of veterans, GB internationals, national tour champions and a sprinkling of rookies, the highly competitive event saw me take the win. Former British Master Chris Jones and regular 'do' champion Brad Shepherd were second and third.

The competitors give the course a double thumbs up

Results of the Southend Pier Invitational Tournament 2016:
1st ‘Squire’ Richard Gottfried – 31
2nd Chris ‘Stretch’ Jones – 34
3rd Brad ‘The Fist’ Shepherd – 37
4th (tied) Lionel ‘The Spoon’ Bender – 39
4th (tied) Gareth ‘Lemsip’ Holmes – 39
6th (tied) Marc ‘The Roller’ Bazeley – 42
6th (tied) Alan ‘Stormin’ Norman – 42
8th Taji ‘Not Seth’ Rafferty – 44
9th Emily ‘Lemony’ Gottfried – 46
10th Paul ‘Flip Flops’ O’Connor – 50
11th Cat ‘Helter Skelter’ Patterson – 52
12th Lhurlyn 'Hole-ing' Holmes – 59
DNS Madeleine 'The Caddy' Bender
DNS Steve 'F1' Gow

The tournament in full swing

Gareth on hole 1

Brad teeing-off

Chris lining up a putt

Lionel in action

Brad on a tricky obstacle
 
Chris and Lionel putting

Emily on the tee

Marc on a very tough middle hill hole

Emily on the pier

Emily and Olga

Lhurlyn finishing her round with a hole in one

Paul O'Connor on the last hole

The Southend Pier Crazy Golf course is well worth a play and it's a great addition to the entertainment on offer in the town. Visit the Southend Pier Crazy Golf course website for prices and opening times.

The pier Crazy Golf course

Video:
- Southend Pier Crazy Golf course hole in one

Links:
Southend Pier Crazy Golf website
- Southend Pier Crazy Golf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Southend
- Southend Pier Crazy Golf course

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