Crazy Golf at Wild Duck Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A look at the crazy golf course at the Wild Duck Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (October 2026).

Many thanks to our friend Sophia Cook for sending over photos of the crazy golf course at the Wild Duck Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk from her and her family's recent stay at the holiday park.

The course has changed since Sophia's last stay at the park.

How the mini golf course looked in 2021

Photos of the crazy golf course at the Wild Duck Holiday Park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (October 2026).

Find out more.

Visit the Haven website for more information on the Wild Duck Holiday Park.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale

The Crazy Pool tables at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale have been changed.

We recently noticed that the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale has been changed.

Crazy Pool is a cross-between Crazy Golf and Pool, played on tables using golf balls and a cue.

I played the previous 11-hole layout in 2024.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Mini Golf at Duinrell Holiday Park in Wassenaar, South-Holland, Netherlands

A look at the mini golf course at Duinrell Holiday Park in Wassenaar, South-Holland, Netherlands.

My brother Christopher and his family recently visited Duinrell Holiday Park in the Netherlands, and while there swung by the minigolf course.

The minigolf course at Duinrell Holiday Park is of the Eternit Miniature Golf type, with the addition of felt / carpet.

It has an interesting arrangement with each of the holes / lanes set-up in a circle.

Photos of the minigolf course at Duinrell.

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The minigolf course at Duinrell Holiday Park became the 1,190th course visited overall on our combined Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Find out more.

Visit the Duinrell Holiday Park website for more information.

Halloween 2026

Happy Halloween!

Putters Adventure Golf at Superbowl Warrington in 2019

A ghostly wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man at the Postwick Village Hall Halloween Party in 2024

Pumpkins at Southport Pleasureland - the Happy Halloween Capital of the UK in 2016

Minigolf on Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public Radio

Check out the latest episode of Audacious with Chion Wolf.

The new episode of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public Radio is about minigolf!

Listen at "Discover a hole lot of life lessons hiding within a mini golf course".

It was brilliant to be a part of the episode, along with several other minigolf enthusiasts.

Connecticut Public is Connecticut’s only state-wide, community-supported public media service.

Audacious with Chion Wolf spotlights the stories of people whose experiences, professions, or conditions defy convention or are often misunderstood.

Find out more:

• Connecticut Public
• Audacious with Chion Wolf
• Discover a hole lot of life lessons hiding within a mini golf course

National Pumpkin Day 2026

Happy National Pumpkin Day!

Mini Golf at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan, USA

The Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan, USA has an upcoming miniature golf exhibition.

MiniARTure Golf is a fully playable miniature golf course inspired by artwork from the Muskegon Museum of Art's own collection.

The MiniARTure Golf exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art tees-off on Thursday 29th October and is playable/visitable until the 11th April 2027.

MiniARTure Golf was first run at the Muskegon Museum of Art back in 2022.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf / museum crossovers.

Find out more.

Visit the Muskegon Museum of Art website for more information.

Crazy Golf at Castle Cary Holiday Park in Creetown, Scotland

There's a crazy golf course at Castle Cary Holiday Park in Creetown, Scotland.

Castle Cary Holiday Park in Creetown, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland has an outdoor crazy golf course.

Find out more.

Visit the Castle Cary Holiday Park Facebook Page for more information.

Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in North Wales

A look at the Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in North Wales over the years.

Outside the main building at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in 2014

Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp closed its doors in November 2023 after 52 years. I last swung by for a look in May 2024.

The gates and Inspector's office at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands have not changed since the film was made!

We'd visited three times in recent years as part of the Holiday on the Buses fan club events held there.

The plaque with details of the Holiday on the Buses film used to be on the pillar to the right of the front gates

The Holiday on the Buses Weekender 2014 at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands allowed fans of the series and films the opportunity to stay at the camp, meet fellow fans and go on a number of mystery tours of filming locations!

This video shows the Queen Vic pub, the main building and a view up towards the gate.

Related blog posts:

• Holiday on the Buses Weekender at Pontin's 2014
• Crazy Golf at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in 2014
• Crazy Golf at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in 2017
• Crazy Golf course at Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in 2019
• Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in 2024
• Pontins
• Pontin's
• New Pontins
• New Pontin's

Videos:

• Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in North Wales in September 2017
• Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp in North Wales in September 2017 (Short)
• Football Pool at Pontin's Prestatyn in 2017
• Football Pool at Pontin's Prestatyn in 2017
• Crazy Golf course at Pontins Prestatyn Sands in 2018
• Pontins Playlist

Direct Rail Services Nuclear flask train passing through Abergele and Pensarn in Wales (September 2017)

A Direct Rail Services Nuclear flask train passes through Abergele and Pensarn railway station on Friday 22nd September 2017.

Each nuclear flask shipping container weighs more than 50 tonnes (110,000lb), and usually transports no more than 2.5 tonnes (5,500lb) of spent nuclear fuel.

This train - Hauled by two Class 68 diesel-electric locomotives - had three of the containers, so was carrying up to 7.5 tonnes of nuclear materials!!!

Towards the end of the video you can see the Sea World Crazy Golf course at the Surfside Amusements. A course we were playing when the nuclear train rolled past.

Check out my train and rail playlists for more:

• Trains
• Direct Rail Services
• Freight trains
• Transit Systems

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• Trains
• Abergele
• Pensarn

New indoor adventure golf at two Parkdean Resorts holiday parks

New indoor adventure golf courses are opening at Skipsea Sands Holiday Park in the East Riding of Yorkshire and at Thorness Bay Holiday Park near Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

The Fairground Golf courses at the two Parkdean Resorts holiday parks will be new activities for 2027.

Visit the Parkdean Resorts website for more information.

Neon Mini Golf at Blackout Wirral

There's a new neon mini golf course in Birkenhead, Wirral.

Formerly known as Mini Golf Adventures, Blackout is now a neon golf and interactive darts venue.

The indoor neon golf course is an 18-hole underwater & space-themed neon adventure golf layout.

Find out more.

Visit the Activity For All website for more information on Blackout Wirral.

Happy Back to the Future Day 2026

Today is Back to the Future Day.

The 21st October is 'Back to the Future Day' as Marty McFly and Doc Brown travelled from 1985 to the 21st October 2015. So, the future was actually eleven years ago now!

I got to see a DeLorean time machine at MediaCity in Salford back on the 13th March 2020. How different times were then!

We found a (now lost) video rental shop in Little Lever, Bolton in October 2020. It was stocked with loads of VHS tapes - including Back to the Future Part II. It was like stepping back in time!

A Back to the Future DeLorean at MediaCityUK in Salford in March 2020

Mini Golf at The Outpost Burra in the Shetland Islands

There's a mini golf course at The Outpost Burra on Burra in the Shetland Islands.

The Outpost is located on the island of East Burra.

Find out more.

Visit The Outpost Burra's Facebook Page for more information.

The northernmost minigolf course in the UK.

The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of the United Kingdom. Therefore the mini golf course at The Outpost Burra is the northernmost mini golf course in the UK.

The previous holder of the most northerly minigolf course was Burray, one of the Orkney islands. The crazy golf course in Burray opened in 2016.

Jurassic Golf at Pettitts Animal Adventure Park in Reedham, Norfolk

A revisit to the Jurassic Golf course at Pettitts Animal Adventure Park in Reedham, Norfolk.

My brother Christopher and his family recently revisited Pettitts Animal Adventure Park in Reedham, Norwich, Norfolk.

Find out more.

Check out the Pettitts Animal Adventure Park website for more information.

The park is also home to a miniature railway

Related blog posts:

• Jurassic Golf at Pettitts Animal Adventure Park in Reedham, Norfolk (2021)
• Jurassic Golf at Pettitts Animal Adventure Park in Reedham, Norfolk (2026)

41 years of Blockbuster Video

The first Blockbuster Video store opened on the 19th October 1985.

A sign at the former Blockbuster Video shop at Fallowfield Retail Park Manchester, England in 2020

The first Blockbuster Video store opened in Dallas, Texas, USA on this day in 1985.

The former Blockbuster Video store in Nuneaton, England in 2021

At its peak in 2004 there were more than 9,000 stores around the world. 500-plus of those were in the UK.

The former Blockbuster Video Express store in Billingham, England in 2021

From 9,000 to 1.

There is now just one Blockbuster Video store left open. It's in Bend, Oregon, USA.

There has been a boom in nostalgia for the brand in recent years. The Bend store is now a destination for people wanting to rekindle some of that 90's spirit.

Blockbuster in the UK.

Blockbuster ceased operations in the UK in December 2013. At the start of that year there were 528 Blockbuster locations in the UK. The number dwindled until October when only 264 shops remained. The last stores closed on the 16th December.

Even now, there are still some clearly visible remnants of the brand on the high street and on retail parks. And we've been to most of them on our travels!

Related blog posts:

• Blockbuster Video
• Video Stores
• Video Shops

Videos:

• Blockbuster Video in the UK YouTube Playlist

Minigolf course advertising for Junkyard Golf in Manchester

Spotting some Junkyard Golf Club crazy golf course advertising on Oxford Road in Manchester.

I spotted this crazy golf course advertising for Junkyard Golf in Manchester on a walk around the city centre today.

Find out more on the Junkyard Golf Club website.

Playing at Junkyard Golf Club in Manchester.

The three courses at Junkyard Golf Club in Manchester became the 795th, 766th and 767th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we attended the launch party at First Street in 2017.

Junkyard Golf Club first popped up at the Great Northern Warehouse before moving to Piccadilly and has now settled into its permanent venue at First Street.

Junkyard Golf's First Street venue in Manchester was the last course I played before the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown back in March 2020!

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Golf
• Junkyard Golf
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Manchester

A SELNEC Central bus and a Metrolink Tram in Manchester

A mix of the present and the past of travel in Manchester city centre.

I spotted this double decker bus in a SELNEC Central livery in Manchester city centre today. It was interesting to see it being passed by a Metrolink tram.

SELNEC was the Passenger Transport Executive in the area from 1969 until it was renamed Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) in 1974.

The SELNEC Central area covered Manchester and Salford. There were also SELNEC Northern and Southern.

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) itself ended in 2011 when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

Related blog posts:

• Vintage SELNEC bus in Stockport
• A SELNEC Central bus in Manchester
• One of the last buses out of dodge
• A vintage SELNEC bus in Eccles
• SELNEC
• GMPTE
• TfGM
• Bee Network
• Metrolink