Adventure Golf at Nairn Lochloy Holiday Park

Nairn Lochloy Holiday Park in Inverness, Scotland has a new Adventure Golf course.

A new Adventure Golf course has been created at the Parkdean Resorts Nairn Lochloy Holiday Park in Inverness, Scotland.

The course was created by the team at Easigrass Golf.

Check out the Parkdean Resorts Nairn Lochloy Holiday Park website for more information.

Shipwreck Rock Adventure Golf in Felpham, West Sussex

A new Adventure Golf course has opened at Blakes Road Sports Site in Felpham.

The 9-hole outdoor Shipwreck Rock Adventure Golf course can be found at Blakes Road in Felpham, West Sussex.

Check out the Tivoli Lifestyle website for more information.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Although not a new location, as we played the grass Putting course there back in 2011.

The Japanese Garden at Walkden Gardens in Sale

A walk through the Japanese Garden at Walkden Gardens in Sale, Greater Manchester in March 2025.

We had a pleasant wander through the Japanese Garden at Walkden Gardens in Sale recently.

Find out more about the gardens on the Walkden Gardens website.

New Adventure Golf course opening in Ware

A new Adventure Golf course is opening at the Van Hage Great Amwell garden centre in Ware, Hertfordshire.

The outdoor Adventure Golf course is currently under construction at the Blue Diamond Van Hage Great Amwell garden centre and is planned to open in May 2025.

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

The Blue Diamond Van Hage Great Amwell garden centre is also home to the East Herts Miniature Railway. Minigolf courses and Miniature Railways at venues are a brilliant combination!

F C of S T O C K P O R T C O U N T Y in Edgeley

Spotting the final parts of the Stockport County street art in Edgeley.

We recently noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

We then found out that there were 17 mosaics in total - and we'd found 15 of them. So we set out to find the final two to spell out the final words in the Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

The final two pieces of the puzzle

A map for the Edgeley Mosaic Trail can be found on the Stockport County FC website.

Blossom in Stockport

What a superb start to spring. Looking forward to lots more sunny weather here in Stockport, and beyond...

Blossom in Cheadle Village

Happy National Pencil Day

Today is National Pencil Day!

Minigolf pencils from our travels

Here's a selection of minigolf pencils we've collected over years.

We enjoy visiting courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and it's marvellous when we find one that has a branded pencil to score the game with.

Pencils and promotional scratchcards from Congo River Golf in Orlando, Florida, USA

It's a superb bit of minigolf marketing too.

A minigolf pencil from Christopher Gottfried's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to Magic Carpet Golf in Galveston, Texas, USA

We've seen several minigolf courses switching to virtual scorecards (and scoreboards), and app-based scorecards. Others are using a mixture.

We think, and hope, there's space and a place for all methods of scoring to continue in the game.

Our friend Pat Sheridan from The Putting Penguin minigolf review website (among his many other hats in the game) has contributed quite a few pencils and scorecards to the Crazy Golf Museum that he's picked up on his own minigolf adventures.

One of the most peculiar minigolf pencils we've seen is this one Pat sent a snap of, as it's a real life pencil for a virtual minigolf game!

A pencil from the Walkabout Mini Golf VR game

If you'd like your minigolf course pencil (or other items of merch and ephemera) displayed and archived in the Crazy Golf Museum please do get in touch.

Just one of the many minigolf pencils in the Crazy Golf Museum - from the Wye Valley Miniatvre Golf course in Symonds Yat West

You can see more miniature golf course pens and pencils on the Crazy Golf Museum website.

A scorecard and pencils from Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf in Orlando, Florida, USA from our friend Shelley Barrett

Arnold Palmer Putting Courses Crazy Golf pencils from the course in Prestatyn

A pencil from Lumberjax Mini Golf in New Zealand from our friend James Astrop

A pencil from Urban Putt in San Francisco from our friend and minigolf rival (and sometimes team-mate) Kevin Moseley

A pencil from Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf

A minigolf pencil from Swing by Golfbaren in Stockholm, Sweden 

A pencil from Swingers Crazy Golf in London

A pencil from the CLUB GOLF crazy golf pop-up at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London. This was the last course Richard played before the UK went into coronavirus pandemic lockdown / quarantine

A pencil from the Putt 18 indoor putting game - we played a lot of this during the pandemic

Hole in Wand Wizard Golf opening in Leeds

The team at The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf are opening a new indoor minigolf course at St John's Shopping Centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire this Summer.

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

Visit The Hole in Wand website for more information.

We visit Leeds a lot and it'll be another new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Roxy Ball Room opening at St Mary Axe in London

The latest Roxy Ball Room venue is opening at St Mary Axe in London on Thursday 10th April.

The new location at St Mary Axe - next to The Gherkin - in London will be home to a Crazy Pool course, as well as many of the brand's other popular games including Tech Darts, Ice-Free Curling and American Pool.

Crazy Pool is a mix of crazy golf and cue sports, with the game played on a table using a golf ball to tackle obstacles, and played with a cue rather than a putter.

We've played Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room at the Manchester Arndale venue.

We've visited several of the Roxy locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - the first being the Leeds Boar Lane venue back in 2016.

You can find Roxy locations in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and York. The venues have a mix of games including Roxy Golf and Crazy Pool.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information on the venues, prices and opening times.

New mini golf course in Huddersfield

A film-themed mini golf course is opening at The Light in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Action Shots Mini Golf is a 10-hole indoor movie-themed course

The Light cinema and entertainment complex is opening in Huddersfield on Friday 11th April.

The new venue will include a film-themed mini golf course, as well as an arcade, tenpin bowling, high ropes challenge, interactive darts, skittles, street curling, batting cages, laser tag, shuffleboard, axe throwing and more!

Check out The Light Huddersfield's website for more information.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The C O U N T Y part of S T O C K P O R T

Spotting some more street art in Stockport.

We recently noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

A trail map for the S T O C K P O R T letter mosaic artwork is coming soon...

Crazy Boules in Elephant & Castle

There's a Crazy Boules venue opening in Elephant & Castle, London in April.

Crazy Boules is a cross between Petanque and Crazy Golf!

The Crazy Boules venue in Elephant & Castle follows the brand's pop-up in Shoreditch where they had a six hole (or should that be piste?) course (or should that be terrain?).

The Crazy Boules course in Elephant & Castle will be open from Friday 4th April.

Check out the Crazy Boules website for more information.

We're big fans of Crazy Golf and Petanque so Crazy Boules sounds like a lot of fun.

Nine months until Christmas Day!

There are now 'just' 275 days to go until Christmas 2025.

Last November we played the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the Northwich Christmas Extravaganza

Green Day Café Mini Golf course at Westminster Park in Chester

A visit to the Mini Golf course at the Green Day Café in Westminster Park, Chester.

Emily swung by the 18-hole outdoor Mini Golf course at the Green Day Café in Westminster Park while in Chester.

Check out the Green Day Café & Golf website for more information on the course.

Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall in Great Yarmouth

A visit to the Mini-Golf course at Clippesby Hall in Clippesby, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

My brother Christopher and his family played the Mini-Golf course at Clippesby Hall in Clippesby, Great Yarmouth on their branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

I played a round on the 18-hole Mini-Golf course at Clippesby Hall in May 2022.

Check out the Clippesby Hall website for more information.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester

A look at The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester.

Emily swung by The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester on a recent trip to the city

Unfortunately The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester is temporarily closed following flood damage to the venue. There are plans to re-open later this year after a refurbishment 

In addition to the Chester venue you can find The Hole In Wand minigolf courses in Blackpool, York and Seaham. The brand also recently announced plans for a new location in Leeds.

Good luck to the team at The Hole In Wand in the refurbishment of the course in Chester.

Visit The Hole in Wand website for more information.

Emily has played The Hole In Wand Magical Mini Golf course in York on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and we visit Leeds a lot so will check out that course when it opens.

Free Mini-Golf in Canary Wharf, London

A free-to-play pop-up mini golf course is being set-up in Canary Wharf, London next month.

‘Minigolf by Craig & Karl’ (designed by artists Craig Redman and Karl Maier) will be in Montgomery Square in Canary Wharf from Friday 4th April until Sunday 5th October.

Check out the Canary Wharf and Craig & Karl websites for more information on the 9-hole minigolf course.

New mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport

Finding some new mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport.

We're big fans of street art and it's always fun spotting new pieces when wandering. Earlier this week we spotted a new piece showing a circle/letter O on the side of The Friary fish & chip shop on Castle Street in Edgeley and on a subsequent walk found the letter R on the Royal Oak pub, so guessed there were more letters that would spell out the word "STOCKPORT"!

We did a bit of further research - as well as receiving a comment from the artists on Instagram - and found that the group behind the new mosaic tile street art in Edgeley were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad. It's from some of the same team that were behind the prominent 'The Scarf My Father Wore' mural project in Edgeley.

The Scarf My Father Wore Mural, snow and Christmas tree in Edgeley in January this year

A trail map for the S T O C K P O R T letter mosaic artwork is coming soon...

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You can find some other nice mosaics in Edgeley at the Library on Edgeley Road.

There's also a lot of superb street art around the town centre and wider borough.

We're big fans of Invader's work too, and you can find Invader Was Here mosaics in Manchester city centre.

We'll be keeping an eye our for more of Mosaics in Manchester's work too - we've seen some pieces on our walks around the city before.

Check out these other posts about mosaics on the blog.