Crazy Golf in Seahouses, Northumberland

A look at the Crazy Golf course in Seahouses, Northumberland.

Thank you to our friend and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge for these snaps of the Crazy Golf course in Seahouses, Northumberland from his visit last summer.

Crazy Golf in Seahouses, Northumbria

Crazy Golf in Seahouses, Northumbria

We played the Crazy Golf course at The Bunker on Seafield Road in Seahouses, Northumberland on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in April 2012.

Jubilee Gardens Café Crazy Golf in Minehead

A look at the Crazy Golf course at the Jubilee Gardens Café in Minehead.

We played the Jubilee Gardens Café Crazy Golf in Minehead, Somerset on our holiday to the seaside resort last year.

Crazy Golf at the Jubilee Gardens Café in Minehead

Crazy Golf at the Jubilee Gardens Café in Minehead

The Crazy Golf course at the Jubilee Gardens Café on Minehead seafront was the 995th course visited, and 560th played, on our travels since September 2006.

Check out the Jubilee Cafe website for more information.

Mini Golf at the Peter Cowen Golf Academy in Rotherham

A look at the Mini Golf course at the Peter Cowen Golf Academy in Rotherham.

The Mini Golf course at the Peter Cowen Golf Academy in Rotherham was the 1,004th visited and 562nd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Peter Cowen Golf Academy website for more information.

Golden Putter Mini Golf in Clifton Park, Rotherham

A look at the Golden Putter Mini Golf course in Clifton Park, Rotherham.

The Golden Putter Mini Golf course in Rotherham was the 1,003rd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Golden Putter Mini Golf website for details of the course and its sister sites in Birmingham and Warwick.

Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar, Sheffield

There's a Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Sheffield.

Visit the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room, Sheffield

There's Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room in Sheffield.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar, Ipswich

There's a Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich.

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Happy Christmas

We wish you a very merry Christmas.

Christmas Crazy Golf courses from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Blogiversary of the Ham and Egger Files

I've been blogging for 16 years today.

People often ask me how it is that a blog about minigolf has the name the 'Ham and Egger Files'? The answer is that it didn't initially start out life as a minigolf blog.

The first post

I published my first post about how I planned to participate in as many obscure and minority sports as I could and see what would happen with the sporting ability I have!

What is a Ham & Egger?

The term 'ham and egger' has connotations ranging from that of 'ordinary person' to that of 'loser'. The origin of the term comes from prize fighters whose modest skills wouldn’t let them win large purses. Therefore, the fighter or their manager - who received a percentage of purses won - were never able to afford to eat better than ham and eggs.

Lots of blogs

Since that first post 16 years ago I have published more than 5,190 posts and received more than 2.3 million pageviews!

Admittedly a large number of the blog posts have been about minigolf.

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Our interest in minigolf and what would soon become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour had actually begun on the 30th September 2006, but I didn't publish a post about the sport until the 29th January 2007 when I announced that I had joined the British Minigolf Association - a competition circuit I made my actual debut on in Southend-on-Sea on the 28th April 2007.

Since then we've visited 1,010 miniature golf courses. 965 of those have been in the British Isles, while 45 have been in overseas countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the USA.

Other sports & games are available

If you're wondering what happened to the quest to play lots of different sports, that has continued and I've participated in some very interesting events over the years!

A massive thank you goes out to everyone who has ever read one of my posts, commented, shared, or guest blogged on the site, it really is very much appreciated.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

A revisit to Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

We revisited the 9-hole Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk on our recent return to East Anglia to visit family and friends.

It's one of our most visited courses and was originally the 7th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

There are plans to turn the site into residential properties - meaning that the course would be no more. A shame as it's always been fun to play.

The course opened in 1997/98 and was one of the first adventure golf layouts to open in the UK.

Hopefully this wasn't the last time we visited the course

Adventure Golf at High Lodge in Brandon, Suffolk

A visit to the Adventure Golf course at High Lodge in Brandon, Suffolk.

We recently visited the Adventure Golf course at High Lodge in Brandon, Thetford Forest, Suffolk.

The 18-hole woodland-themed outdoor adventure golf course at the forest centre was the 1,010th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Forestry England website for more information on the High Lodge site.

The course is from the team behind Dinton Adventure Golf in Wokingham, Wardown Adventure Golf in Luton, Lightwater Country Park in Surrey and Victoria Park Adventure Golf in Newbury.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk

A look at the Fantasia Adventure Golf course in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Drift Park Crazy Golf in Rhyl, Wales

A revisit to the Drift Park Crazy Golf course in Rhyl, North Wales.

We took a look at the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl yesterday.

The course was the 145th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2009.

We last visited Rhyl in December last year.

Mini Golf at the Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl, Wales

A revisit to the Palace Fun Centre Mini Golf course in Rhyl, North Wales.

We swung by the indoor Mini Golf course at the Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl on our day trip to the seaside resort yesterday.

We last visited the town in December last year.

I played the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in June 2019.

Scrap Yard Golf at Worcester Bowl

A look at the indoor crazy golf course at Worcester Bowl.

A new course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Find out more about the Scrap Yard Golf course on the Worcester Bowl website.

Mulligans Crazy Golf in Worcester

A look at the new Mulligans Crazy Golf course in Worcester.

The location is home to two indoor crazy golf courses.

We've played a number of Mr Mulligans courses on our travels and the new Worcester course was swung by on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour recently.

Check out the Mr Mulligans website for more information.

Boom Battle Bar opening at Stevenage Leisure Park

A new Boom Battle Bar is opening at Stevenage Leisure Park in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The venue will be home to crazy golf, axe throwing, shuffleboard and more. It's due to open in December.

Visit the Boom Battle Bar website for more information.

Blockbuster on Netflix

There's a new Blockbuster Video comedy out on Netflix! Will you be watching it?

The new show is about the last (operating) Blockbuster Video store in the world. This is a sign we snapped at our old local (abandoned) Blockbuster Video store in Manchester

Check out my blog posts about Blockbuster.

Mini Golf at Hotel Pinija in Croatia

A look at a Miniature Golf course at Hotel Pinija in Petrčane, Croatia.

My brother, and charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, has sent me a few more snaps of the Miniature Golf course at Hotel Pinija in Petrčane, Croatia. It's one of two layouts at the hotel.

Our combined total of course visits now stands at 1,046 since September 2006.

The Empourium in Stafford

A new competitive socialising venue is opening in Stafford.

Stafford will soon be home to a new competitive socialising venue called The Empourium.

The Empourium will feature a number of indoor games, including crazy golf.

The venue will also have Darts, Pool, Shuffleboard, Beer Pong, Bowling and Table Tennis.

The Empourium is scheduled to open on Thursday 10th November.

Visit The Empourium's Facebook Page for more information.

It'll be another new location to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.