Junior Brown's amusements in Paignton, Devon

During the summer of 2015 we embarked on a minigolf tour of the South West of England.

We called in at Junior Brown's amusements Paignton, Devon, but unfortunately we were a year or so late to play the UV indoor Crazy Golf course there as it had been removed.

A day out in Rhyl

I had a lovely day out in Rhyl, North Wales yesterday. Once the torrential rain had cleared it was a pleasant afternoon for a wander.

Rhyl beach

I met up with my friend and minigolf partner Peter 'The Crazy Aced Assassin' Jones. While we didn't get to play any minigolf we did have a couple of games of Air Hockey. Peter is renowned in the minigolf world for his skills on the Air Hockey table and he comprehensively defeated me two-nil in games, with wins of 7-3 and 21-3!

Air Hockey in Rhyl

I've never known a game go beyond nine-points, so how we got to play a match for 24-points I'll never know. I was 18-nil down before I got a point on the board. Still, at least I drew the last six-points of the game.

The Air Hockey I lost 21-3 on had the paddles secured to the table!

We had a walk around the town and seafront and took a look at the miniature golf courses there.

Drift Park Crazy Golf course

Indoor Mini Golf at The Palace Amusements

The Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course

Rhylated blog posts:
- Mini Golf courses in Rhyl, Wales
- Rhyl

New Adventure Golf course at Exmouth Leisure Amusements

Treasure Island Adventure Golf now open at Exmouth Leisure Amusements in Devon.

There's a new Crazy Golf course now open at Exmouth Leisure Amusements.

The 9-hole pirate themed layout can be found on the seafront in Exmouth.

Mini Golf at the Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl

A visit to the new Mini Golf course at the Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl.

The Palace Fun Centre and Amusement Arcade in Rhyl is now home to a new indoor Mini Golf course.

I was surprised to find the course on my visit to the seaside town yesterday!

At the 911th course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

The 9-hole jungle-themed minigolf course opened last Saturday.

The Mini Golf course at the Palace Fun Centre became the 911th course visited and 523rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. In my round I shot a 21, including one hole-in-one.

Hole 1 begins on the ground floor

The ball shoots through some bamboo pipes

Hole 1's green

Hole 2

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 5

The 'green' of hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8 sees you putt into the UV area

The green on hole 8

Hole 9 - the tiger's mouth

Hole 9 eats your ball

Visit the Palace Fun Centre website for more information.

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Glow-in-the-dark Bowlingo at Mr B's amusement arcade in Rhyl

Playing Glow-in-the-dark Bowlingo at Mr B's amusement arcade in Rhyl.

Last month I had a fun day out in Rhyl and Prestatyn with my friend and minigolf rival Peter Jones. As it was out of season we didn't get to have a go on the miniature railway or play any of the Crazy Golf courses there. Luckily the amusement arcades were open so we were able to have a game of UV glow-in-the-dark black light Bowlingo at Mr B's amusement arcade!

The glow-in-the-dark artwork looked cool 

The Novelty Automation amusement arcade in London

Revisiting the Novelty Automation amusement arcade in London.

On our way back from a trip down to London earlier this month we took a shortcut on our way to the station and noticed we were on the same road as the Novelty Automation amusement arcade. We hadn't visited since it first opened in 2015 so had to go in for a play on the madcap arcade games. The 1st of April was the perfect day to play.

The arcade games at Novelty Automation are from the mind of inventor Tim Hunkin. I enjoyed my game on i-Zombie. There's a nice surprise at the end of the game too!

We first discovered the crazy novelty automation games at the Under the Pier Show arcade on Southwold Pier in Suffolk in 2009.

I really liked My-Nuke when we played at Novelty Automation in 2015

It was brilliant to see some of my favourite games were still there, alongside some new additions.

i-Zombie 

Playing i-Zombie  

The Small Hadron Collider hadn't been installed on our last visit 

One of the games is a paparazzi drone simulator! 

Celeb snapping

Check out the Novelty Automation website for more information and opening times.

Pirate Crazy Golf at the Fairworld Amusement Arcade in Cleethorpes

Playing the Pirates Landing indoor Adventure Crazy Golf at the Fairworld Amusement Arcade in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.

Last May we returned to the seaside resort of Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire and while in town swung by the Fairworld Amusement Arcade for a game of indoor Crazy Golf on the Pirates Landing Adventure Golf course.

We also played the course on our previous visit to Cleethorpes back in May 2011. The 10-hole course was the 227th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Pirates Landing course is worth a play at just £2 a round

I also had a play on another seaside amusement arcade classic - the shooting gallery. This one was a crazy laboratory setting

Related blog posts:
- Cleethorpes
- Indoor Crazy Golf
- Amusement Arcades
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Adventure Golf at the Fairworld Amusement Arcade in Cleethorpes