Mini Golf at the Maidenhead Christmas Lights switch-on event

There will be mini golf course at the Maidenhead Christmas Lights switch-on event.

The Maidenhead Christmas Lights switch-on event on Saturday 22nd November will feature a mini golf course for visitors.

Find out more.

Check out the Visit Windsor and Charlie's Mini Golf websites for more information.

Crazy Golf at Riverside Gardens in Maidenhead

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Riverside Gardens in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

We visited the Crazy Golf course at Riverside Gardens in Maidenhead, Berkshire on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2009.

The 18-hole crazy golf course was similar to the 'Eternit' type of Miniature Golf. However, the concrete playing surface wasn't anywhere near as smooth as an official Eternit Miniature Golf layout.

With Humpty

Tee Off Mr Bean.

The crazy golf course at Riverside Gardens in Maidenhead was made famous in the classic episode of Mr Bean - 'Tee Off Mr Bean' - which was filmed at the location!

Playing the course.

No cups on this hole!?

Photos of the course.

Find out more.

You can find out more about the crazy golf course and Riverside Gardens on the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead website.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course was the 97th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour travels. We've now been to 1,099 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

New Adventure Golf course at Lavender Park Golf Centre in Ascot

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course to be created at Lavender Park Golf Centre in Swinley Forest, Ascot, Berkshire.

The outdoor adventure golf course would have an American Gold Rush theme.

Find out more.

Visit the Lavender Park Golf Centre website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The adventure golf course at Lavender Park Golf Centre will be a new one for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Interactive Mini Golf at Boom Battle Bar in Reading

The Boom Battle Bar venue in Reading, Berkshire now has interactive mini golf.

An interactive mini golf game from 501 Fun has been installed at Boom Battle Bar in Reading.

Checking the Boom Battle Bar website the indoor minigolf activity is called an "AR-CADE GOLF LANE". That's a new one on us!

Find out more.

Visit the Boom Battle Bar website for more information on the Reading venue.

And visit the 501 Fun website for details of the interactive mini golf set-up.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We're yet to play one of 501 Fun's type of interactive mini golf games on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, so it's good to note there's one at Boom Battle Bar in Reading. We wonder where else they'll appear...

Crazier Golf and Crazier Nolf at Boom Battle Bars.

We've visited several Boom Battle Bars on our minigolfing adventures (most recently in Ipswich) and a number of them are home to Crazier Golf and Crazier Nolf courses.

Summer Mini Golf in Slough

There will be a Summer Mini Golf course event in Slough, Berkshire at the end of this month.

Slough BID have organised a Summer Mini Golf event with a pop-up course set-up in Town Square, Slough on Tuesday 29th, Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st July. 

Find out more.

Visit the Slough BID website for more information.

Yaylo - 100% gluten free in Reading

Yaylo in Reading, Berkshire is 100% gluten free.

I'm always looking out 100% gluten free places and so it was brilliant to hear about Yaylo in Reading. Many thanks to my friend - and fellow Coeliac - Katie for letting me know about the coffee shop.

It's brilliant to know there's another 100% gluten free place in the UK.

You can find Yaylo at 26 Cross Street in Reading.

Check out the Yaylo website for more information.

Boom: Battle Bar opening in Reading, Berkshire

The latest Boom: Battle Bar is opening in Reading, Berkshire this week.

The doors to the newest Boom: Battle Bar open on Friday 6th June, with the Boom: Battle Bar Reading venue opening on Station Road.

We played Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich earlier this week - it'll be interesting to see if the new Boom: Battle Bar in Reading has crazy golf too

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information on the new Reading venue.

Toys R Us at Gateway Retail Park in Reading

Spotting an abandoned Toys R Us store in Reading, Berkshire.

We were surprised to see an old Toys R Us store while driving through Reading back in September 2022.

The shop unit at Gateway retail park looked to be in great condition and most of the signage and branding was still on display.

This particular branch of Toys R Us was only open for five months before the brand ceased trading in the UK.

Toys R Us closed its UK operation in April 2018.

It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.

My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.

Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:

• Brighton Hill Retail Park in Basingstoke
• Central Retail Park in Manchester
• Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich
• Deepdale shopping centre in Preston
• Festival retail park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
• Gateway retail park in Reading
• Gemini Retail Park in Warrington
• Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich
• St James Retail Park in Northampton
• Teesside Retail Park in Stockton-on-Tees
• The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes
• Western Esplanade in Southampton
• Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury
• Wyvern Retail Park in Derby