The Lost City Apocalypse Adventure Golf at Belfast Odyssey

A look at The Lost City Apocalypse Adventure Golf at Belfast Odyssey in Northern Ireland.

A big thank you to our friend and minigolf rival Mark Swain for sending us these photos from his visit to The Lost City Apocalypse Adventure Golf at Belfast Odyssey during the festive season.

The Lost City Apocalypse Adventure Golf at Belfast Odyssey is home to two indoor 18-hole adventure golf courses.

I've not seen an adventure golf arcade cabinet before!

Visit The Lost City Apocalypse Adventure Golf website for more information on the venue.

The Lost City Adventure Golf.

You can find The Lost City Adventure Golf courses at Belfast Cityside, Belfast Odyssey, Nottingham, and Hull.

Check out The Lost City Adventure Golf website for more information.

Playing at The Lost City Adventure Golf.

We've played at The Lost City Adventure Golf in Nottingham, England several times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and in minigolf tournaments.

The Lost City Adventure Golf in Nottingham (August 2025)

Guest blog posts.

As well as the blog posts about our own crazy golf travels, we've posted guest blogs from friends and family from their visits to courses around the world.

It's excellent receiving photos, information and updates from - and about - crazy golf, minigolf, miniature golf putting, pitch & putt, adventure golf, and Putt-Putt courses around the world. There's such a wide-range and variety of courses out there.

We've met so many people and made some great friends on our travels since 2006. Many of whom have contributed to our travels by telling us about new courses, letting us know about course refurbs, or by sending over photos of courses they've been too. We've also received excellent photos of miniature golf courses from our family, friends, our networks, and course owners, managers, designers and builders themselves.

With this post about The Lost City Adventure Golf in Northern Ireland we've now published guest blog posts from 31 countries!

Link:

• The Lost City Adventure Golf

Related blog posts:

• Belfast
• Mark Swain
• Guest blog posts
• The Lost City Adventure Golf

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old in 2026

Next year will be the 20th year playing on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

2026 will see us hit another big minigolf milestone as we mark 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour travels.

How it started.

We played the Victory Trail course at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea, Hampshire, England on Saturday 30th September 2006. At the end of our 9-hole round I won a free game by firing the cannon on the lucky last hole!

When we got home from the weekend away we found a list of 600 or so minigolf courses in the UK and wider British Isles on the excellent MiniatureGolfer.com website that Tim 'Ace Man' Davies had compiled. We thought it'd be fun to see how many of them we could visit on day trips and weekends away to the seaside.

How its going.

To date we've been to 1,114 miniature golf courses. 1,053 of them have been in the British Isles.

As well as playing minigolf in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Jersey and the Isle of Man we’ve travelled to minigolf courses in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain (including Lanzarote and Majorca), Sweden and the USA.

From 600 courses in the UK to more than 1,300.

When our crazy golfing travels began in 2006 there were around 600 miniature golf courses in the UK and wider British Isles.

There are now more than 1,400 - and there are lots of new places to play the game opening all the time.

Unfortunately, several courses have closed over the years. But on a brighter note, some others have been refurbished, redeveloped, or completely transformed into new layouts.

All of the changes and updates have meant that our minigolfing quest to visit every course is becoming never-ending!

When we originally set off to visit as many courses as possible the target list was 600 in the British Isles. And almost 20 years later, we've still got around 50 of those original courses to visit!

Minigolf record makers.

Our travels have been recognised by the Guinness World Records, and I'm a record holder for "Most miniature golf courses visited" (902 at the time of going to press). Check out the Guinness World Records 2024 book and the GWR website to see a lot more minigolf records too!

Where next on our crazy minigolfing adventures?

Where do you think we should visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour next? Do get in touch to let us know your suggestions and recommendations, or drop your top picks for minigolf places in the comments.

Related blog posts:

• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Minigolf Around the World
• 19 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:

• Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas!

Blogiversary of the Ham and Egger Files

I've been blogging for 19 years today.

I'm often asked how is it 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.

My first blog post.

I published my first blog post about how I planned to participate in as many obscure and minority sports as I could and see what would happen with the (limited amount of) sporting ability I had!

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 any purses won - were never able to afford to eat better than ham and eggs.

Lots of blogs.

Since that first post 19 years ago I have published 6,648 blog posts and received 7,160,609 pageviews!

This time last year I had published 5,900 posts and received 3.5 million pageviews.

Our 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.

We've now been to over 1,114 miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Our travels have been recognised by the Guinness World Records, and I'm a record holder for "Most miniature golf courses visited" (902 at the time of going to press).

When we began our travels there were around 600 courses in the UK. There are now more than 1,300, with new courses opening all the time.

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.

Happy Winter Solstice

Today marks midwinter and is the 'shortest day' and 'longest night' of the year.

Stonehenge The Big Mini Golf course in Hemsby, Norfolk (August 2021)

Did you know there's a Stonehenge-themed minigolf course in Hemsby, Norfolk?

Stonehenge The Big Mini Golf was the 174th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in June 2010 when it was a 15-hole layout. We first visited it in May 2009 when it was a 12-hole course. It's now an 18-hole course.

Here are two videos of us playing the course in June 2010.

Here are some videos of the course on our most recent visit in May 2022.

Ephemera from The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds

A look at some items from The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

We recently played The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds and added these items to our collection.

A badge for scoring a hole-in-one at The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A Guidebook for the venue

The scorecard inside the Guidebook

The scorecard

The rules side of the scorecard

Leaflets from The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A card from The Wand & Tankard - the pub at The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A card from The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A pressed penny from the penny coin press

Penny Coin Press at The Hole in Wand Wizard Golf minigolf course in Leeds

Find out more.

You can find The Hole In Wand miniature golf courses in Blackpool, Chester, Leeds, Seaham and York.

Check out The Hole In Wand website for more information on the Leeds course, and the other venues.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds was the 595th course played and 1,092nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Link:

• The Hole In Wand

Related blog posts:

• Playing The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• The Hole In Wand
• The Hole In Wand Magical Mini Golf in York
• The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester
• Hole in Wand minigolf in Blackpool
• The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Leeds

Videos

• The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Hole 2 of The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Hole 6 of The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Hole 8 of The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Hole 9 of The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf course at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds

Mulligans Crazy Golf in Romford, Essex

Mulligans Crazy Golf is now open in Romford, Essex.

The former Bunkers! venue at The Brewery Shopping Centre in Romford, Essex has been taken over by its sister-brand Mulligans and is now open as Mulligans Crazy Golf.

Mulligans Romford is home to two indoor crazy golf courses.

The venue is also home to a range of other games and activities, including Sixes Party Cricket.

Mulligans venues.

There are 15 Mulligans minigolf venues in the UK. As well as Romford you can find Mulligans in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Guildford, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Worcester.

Find out more.

Visit the Mulligans website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We didn't get the chance to visit the venue when it was Bunkers! and so it'll still be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've visited several of the Mulligans venues on our travels over the last two decades, most recently in Hemel Hempstead.

Related blog posts:

• Mulligans
• Romford
• Essex

Link:

• Mulligans Crazy Golf

Playing The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds

A Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds

We recently had a day out in Leeds and after a superb meal at The Oxford Place in the city centre we had a wander to find an activity - and remembered that when we last visited Leeds in the summer that a new minigolf course is under construction at St Johns Shopping Centre, and that it was now open.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf is a 9-hole indoor crazy golf course with a magical theme - and it certainly is immersive!

A map of the Wizard Golf course at The Hole In Wand

The layout contains nine unique holes - and there's a variety of gameplay apart from the putting itself.

Playing hole 6

Emily playing on hole 5

Teeing-off on hole 7 of the course was quite different to normal!

Find out more.

You can find The Hole In Wand miniature golf courses in Blackpool, Chester, Leeds, Seaham and York.

Hole 8

Check out The Hole In Wand website for more information on the Leeds course, and the other venues.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds was the 595th course played and 1,092nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

You have to play hole 2 UPSIDE DOWN!!!

Link:

• The Hole In Wand

Related blog posts:

• The Hole In Wand
• The Hole In Wand Magical Mini Golf in York
• The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester
• Hole in Wand minigolf in Blackpool
• The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Leeds

Merry Skipsmas!

Always brilliant to see the Skip Christmas Tree go up at Cheadle Skip Hire Ltd. in Adswood, Stockport.

A Stranger Things Christmas Tree

Spotting a Stranger Things Christmas tree in Manchester.

We went to Manchester on Thursday and upon arriving at Manchester Piccadilly station we sere surprised to see this Stranger Things Christmas tree!

The 'Upside Down' side of the tree

A BMX 'bauble' on the Upside Down side of the Stranger Things Christmas tree

Videos:

• A Stranger Things Christmas Tree at Manchester Piccadilly railway station 1
• A Stranger Things Christmas Tree at Manchester Piccadilly railway station 2
• A Stranger Things Christmas Tree at Manchester Piccadilly railway station 3