Tomorrow is National Miniature Golf Day

Happy National Miniature Golf Day Eve!

Where will you be celebrating National Miniature Golf Day?

Playing the Crazy Golf course in Stoke Park, Guildford on National Miniature Golf Day in 2016

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre

Playing the Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre.

We visited the Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre in Adlington, Macclesfield today.

Emily tees-off on hole 1

The Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre became the 1,117th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

A very tricky second putt

Emily almost got a hole-in-one at the Sydney Opera House

Playing a snakey hole 2

Getting unstuck from some of the theming was almost as tricky as some of my second (and third) putts on the very big greens!

The 18-hole outdoor Australian-themed adventure golf course is absolutely massive - like, really really really big for a minigolf course!

Emily playing hole 3

Look at the size of that green!

The theming is superb and very immersive. And the holes, obstacles and very large greens are a very tricky - but still fun - playing area to tackle.

Can you guess what my favourite hole theme and obstacle was?

For one reason or another it's taken us a while to get to the venue - even though it's only around 7 miles from us and just over the border in Cheshire, it's not a part of the county we've ever been to in the decade we've lived up here! We're glad we finally had time to make it there and handy that it was just a short drive from where we'd been in Poynton earlier in the afternoon.

The largest minigolf course in Europe.

The Australian Adventure Golf course at Adlington Golf Centre lays claim to the title of being the largest Adventure Golf course in Europe and features 18-holes of outdoor adventure golf that are played over 1500sqm of greens and a 10,000sqm site.

Find out more.

Check out the Adlington Golf Centre website for more information on the Australian Adventure Golf course.

Guess the Adventure Golf course location...

Where in the world was this adventure golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Crazy Golf at Fantasy Island on Canvey Island

A look at the Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at Fantasy Island on Canvey Island, Essex.

Last week I asked the question "Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at Fantasy Island on Canvey Island in Essex.

At the time I visited and played the course in April 2009 it was a 9-hole layout - it had originally been an 18-hole course. We revisited the course in 2011.

It's now a lost course. However, Fantasy Island is still home to a crazy golf course - one we're yet to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Find out more on the Fantasy Island Canvey Island Facebook Page.

National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 9th May

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

Where on Earth will you be playing?

Putting on the Moon at Mr Mulligan's Space Golf course in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 2018

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.

• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Invader street art in Paris, France

Finding some of the Space Invader street art in Paris.

Emily was in Paris last month and while there managed to spot a few Invader street art pieces while walking around.

Invader around the world.

To date the French street artist Invader has created 4,382 Invaders in 87 territories around the world!

Invader was here - in the UK.

Here in the UK Invader has invaded Manchester, London and Newcastle (and a bit of Gateshead) and we've managed to find a few of his pieces on trips to the cities.

Find out more.

Check out the Invader website for more information.

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This Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day

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Playing the Championship Adventure Golf course in New Brighton, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside on National Miniature Golf Day 2017

Will you be playing a game to celebrate?

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

A view of Hastings Adventure Golf from West Hill

A view of Hastings Adventure Golf from West Hill in Hastings, East Sussex.

A view of Hastings Adventure Golf from West Hill in Hastings, East Sussex in March 2013

Hastings Adventure Golf is home to three 18-hole outdoor minigolf courses - an Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf layout, an Adventure Golf course, and a Pirate Golf layout.

We've been to Hastings Adventure Golf a lot on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and to play in many many many minigolf, adventure golf & crazy golf tournaments over the years.

Find out more on the Hastings Adventure Golf website.

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OK Buster - Book-Buster in Hastings

A look at an old Blockbuster Video shop in Hastings, East Sussex.

We spotted this old Blockbuster Video store in Hastings while in the seaside town for a minigolf tournament. The former video shop had been turned into a book store called Book-Buster.

Book-Buster former Blockbuster Video store in Hastings in October 2013

Check out Book-Buster on Facebook for more information.

Visiting Blockbuster Video stores.

At its peak in 2004 there were more than 9,000 Blockbuster Video stores around the world. 500+ of which were in England, Scotland and Wales. Interestingly in Northern Ireland the Xtra-Vision brand was used by the owners in-line with the Republic of Ireland.

The last Blockbuster Video shop ceased trading in the UK in December 2013.

Amazingly we've been able to find traces of the brand at 29 former store locations. This has ranged from QuikDrop boxes to parking signage to full shopfronts!

Posts about former Blockbuster Video stores we've been to:

• Abingdon, Oxfordshire
• Ashton, Bristol
• Barnsley, South Yorkshire
• Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Billingham, Teesside
• Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
• Chester, Cheshire
• Chorley, Lancashire
• Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
• Colne, Lancashire
• Failsworth, Manchester
• Fallowfield, Manchester
• Felixstowe, Suffolk
• Filton, Bristol
• Great Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Hastings, East Sussex
• Leigh, Greater Manchester
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• Marple, Greater Manchester
• Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
• Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Prescot, Lancashire
• Shanklin, Isle of Wight
• Southampton, Hampshire
• Telford, Shropshire
• Watford, Hertfordshire
• Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
• Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
• Wythenshawe, Manchester

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The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth, Dorset

Looking back at The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth, Dorset.

I visited and played The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth on the 11th October in both 2008 and 2009 while in town for the Weymouth Open Adventure Golf tournament at the Pirate Adventure Golf course at the nearby Sea Life Centre.

It's the only time I've seen a Flintstones-themed miniature golf course on my travels.

The Rules of The Flintstones Crazy Golf

Photos of The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth in October 2008.

Photos of The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth in October 2009.

The Flintstones Crazy Golf course in Weymouth was the 77th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2008. It's long gone now.

The Flintstones Crazy Golf course is almost as distant a memory as prehistoric times! 

Dino Adventure Golf at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton

A look at the Dino Adventure Golf course at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Many thanks to our friend Sophia Cook for sending us more snaps of the Dino Adventure Golf course at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Sophia and her family stayed at the holiday park last summer and sent us photos then too.

Visit the Broadland Sands Holiday Park pages on the Park Holidays website for more information about the venue.

Adventure Golf at Ayr Pavilion in Ayr, Scotland

The adventure golf course at Ayr Pavilion in Ayr, Scotland has had a refurbishment.

The adventure golf course at Ayr Pavilion is a 12-hole outdoor layout.

Visit the Ayr Pavilion website for more information.

We played the old version of the course at Ayr Pavilion on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when it was known as Mini Championship Golf at Pirate Pete's in 2014. Back then it was a 9-hole course. Looking at the photos on the Ayr Pavilion Facebook page the new course is more than a refurbishment as it looks like a whole new course.

Crazy Golf at Caird Park in Dundee, Scotland

There are plans for a crazy golf course to be created at Caird Park in Dundee, Scotland.

A new crazy golf course could be created as part of a new leisure facility at Caird Park in Dundee.

Movement Park is the organisation behind the plans for the former golf course.

Check out the Movement Park website for more information.

Star Wars Mini Golf

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Jabba The Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston

This month is Coeliac Awareness Month

May is Coeliac Awareness Month.

Find out more on the Coeliac UK website.

What is Coeliac Disease?

Coeliac Disease is a lifelong autoimmune condition, where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. In Coeliac Disease the immune system mistakes substances found inside gluten as a threat to the body and attacks them. This can trigger a number of painful, horrible, stressful and uncomfortable symptoms.

In the UK it's estimated that 1 in 100 people have the condition.

Living a gluten free life

I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease 18 years ago. And so began my journey into the gluten free world.

Having suffered from a range of symptoms for around ten years I finally received a positive diagnosis of Coeliac Disease following some 'interesting' and in-depth tests and procedures in 2008. It came as a relief to finally have a name for the mysterious cause of my illnesses and ailments, but at the time I was only given a brief summary and told that I'd have to "cut down on bread and beer". It was only later when I met with a Gastroenterologist and a dietitian that I found out that the only treatment for people with Coeliac Disease is a strict, life-long gluten free diet.

While having a life-long condition such as Coeliac Disease can be a pain - and horrible if I 'get glutened' - having the disease has had some positives. I've met great people since my diagnosis and have made some brilliant friends who I've met through Coeliac groups. I've also blogged a lot about living with the condition and the great Free From food & drink I've found since 2008.

For more information on Coeliac Disease visit the NHS Choices and Coeliac UK websites.

Next Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.

The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.