New dinosaur Adventure Golf course opening in Birmingham

New Adventure Golf course opening at Wast Hills Golf Centre in Kings Norton, Birmingham.

Birmingham will soon be home to a new Adventure Golf course as a dinosaur themed layout is planned to open at Wast Hills Golf Centre in Kings Norton.

We're looking forward to playing the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Adventure Golf courses opening in Birmingham and Bournemouth

Two new Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf courses will soon be opening up in Birmingham and Bournemouth.

Both new locations will contain three indoor Adventure Golf courses in the Mr Mulligan's Space Golf theme.

Check out the Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf website for more details.

We're looking forward to playing at the new Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf venues to add to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've played a number of Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf courses on our travels, most recently in Cheltenham.

Ghetto Golf at the Custard Factory in Birmingham

A revisit to the Ghetto Golf course at the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Over the weekend we revisited the Ghetto Golf course at the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham. Last year the indoor Crazy Golf course became the 780th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Ghetto Golf is a Cool Spot to visit

Sonic the Hedgehog appears on the final hole (Final Zone?)

Super Mario can be found on the course too

As can Donkey Kong!

The final few holes are all retro videogame related

I love this piece of artwork and the use of the wall

Hole 1 at Ghetto Golf

The last Blockbuster in the UK?

A sporting hybrid of tenpin bowling and minigolf

There's also a Ghetto Golf course in Liverpool that we're yet to visit. Check out the Ghetto Golf website for opening times and prices.

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Ghetto Golf in Birmingham

A visit to the new Ghetto Golf course in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Hole 18 of the Ghetto Golf course in Digbeth

While on a recent visit to Birmingham I swung by the new Ghetto Golf course at the Custard Factory in Digbeth.

Ghetto Golf's entrance

Unfortunately I didn't have time for a game on the 18-hole indoor Crazy Golf course as I had a train to catch. The course was looking nice and busy during my later afternoon visit.

Some of the holes look amazing - I love the Sonic the Hedgehog loop-di-loop 18th.

It looks like Ghetto Golf could be a blockbuster venue

Some of the holes are rather risque!

This caption is censored!

I'm looking forward to a game with Emily at Ghetto Golf in Birmingham (and at the Liverpool course).

Hole 3 is a bus

Yes, an actual bus!

 

There's plenty of seating to celebrate your win (or grouch about your loss) at Ghetto Golf

Visit the Ghetto Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

It's always fun seeing Simpsons artwork

On my last trip to Birmingham I had a sneak peak at the indoor Crazy Golf course while it was under construction. It looks like the team at Ghetto Golf have done a marvellous job of converting the old hall at the Custard Factory into the minigolf course!

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Links:
- Ghetto Golf
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The Cereal Killer Cafe in Birmingham

While on a recent trip to Birmingham I spotted the Cereal Killer Cafe on the link between New Street Station and the Bull Ring shopping centre!

The Cereal Killer Cafe just before it opened for breakfast

It's full of great retro items from the 80's and 90's.

A wall of VHS tapes!

There are loads of retro and import breakfast cereals on display

  

WWF breakfast cereal!

Wocka wocka wocka

While I couldn't eat any of the (gluten-full) breakfast cereals, I could buy some of the great merch there

  

And there's a Simpsons arcade cabinet at the cafe - it's a classic game and one I've been playing since 1992!

I've been trying to complete the game for 25 years and I finally achieved it at the Cereal Killer Cafe (thanks to the Free Play)

Check out the Cereal Killer Cafe website for more info.

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Adventure Golf at Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham

Playing the two Adventure Golf courses at Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham.

On Saturday 9th September we swung by Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham to play the two 18-hole Golden Putter Adventure Golf courses.

The second hole on the Red course. One of only two holes I aced on our visit

The courses were the 458th and 459th played, and 771st and 772nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

You could take an interesting route to reach the cup on this hole

In our minigolf match-up on the Black course I won with a score of 46 to Emily's 56. On the Red course we tied with scores of 43.

The weather in the morning had been dreadful and made for some extra tricky putting!

 

A very soggy green

As well as the courses in Birmingham, Golden Putter has layouts in Wroxham, Rotherham and Warwick. Visit the Golden Putter website for more information, opening times and prices.

The Rules

Cannon Hill Park was really nice and we had a pleasant time having a wander. The mac theatre and arts centre in the park is well worth a visit too.

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Link:
- Golden Putter website

Videos:
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Minigolfing in the Midlands

Earlier this month we were at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield to compete in the American Golf Adventure Golf National Championships. Travelling there and back we ticked off a fair few more minigolf courses on our to visit list and we'll have a lot of blog posts about them to come in the next few weeks.

With Humpty at Beacon Park in Lichfield

During our road-trip we visited courses in Sutton Coldfield, Lea Marston, Dorridge, Birmingham, Tamworth, Lichfield, Walsall and Stafford.

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Ghetto Golf in Digbeth, Birmingham

A sneak peak at the new Ghetto Golf indoor Crazy Golf course at The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham.

On a recent trip to Birmingham I had a couple of hours to kill before my train back to Stockport so I had a wander to The Custard Factory in Digbeth to see if I could see any sign of the new Ghetto Golf course that is being built there.

Looking around I couldn't see any signs or branding for the course and having had a good walk around the area I guessed it could only be in one location - a hall next to an arch in the railway viaduct - so I made my inquiries there. I was right as the brand new 18-hole indoor Crazy Golf is under construction inside.

What's in the box?

It was great to meet Kip and Dan - the brains behind Ghetto Golf - and have a walk around the course. There are a LOT of things I wasn't expecting to see there and plenty of obstacles and hole designs I haven't seen before. Quite an achievement as the course visit was the 780th on my Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006! It was nice to see there's going to be an indoor black light UV section of the layout too.

I can't give too much away, but if you like your minigolf to be quirky and enjoy a drink and a laugh you'll enjoy Ghetto Golf. The team at the course have been posting some teaser photos from the course on their Facebook page so do give it a like to see what's in store (quite literally in terms of the Blockbuster hole they've created!).

Ghetto Golf opens at The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham on Friday 13th October. Check out the Ghetto Golf website for more information, opening times, prices and booking details.

If you can't wait that long you can visit the original Ghetto Golf course at Cains Brewery in Liverpool. We need to find some time to get over to Liverpool for a round there soon.

Links:
- Ghetto Golf website
- Ghetto Golf Birmingham on Facebook
- Ghetto Golf Birmingham on Twitter
- Ghetto Golf Liverpool on Facebook
- Ghetto Golf Liverpool on Twitter
- The Custard Factory website

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Inflatable Santa Claus

Spotting a MASSIVE inflatable Father Christmas.

This has got to be the BIGGEST inflatable character I've seen on my travels! He was at Star City in Birmingham.

What a GIANT inflatable Santa Claus!

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Adventure Golf at Star City in Birmingham

Replaying the Adventure Island Mini Golf course in Birmingham.

We recently revisited Adventure Island Mini Golf at Star City in Birmingham and found the courses have had some new obstacles added on a few of the holes.

The Hidden Cove Challenge course at Star City

There are also some new additions to the theming on the Hidden Cove Challenge and Lost Hut Trail courses.

There are a number of Easter Island heads dotted around the Lost Hut Trail course

The patch of 'grass' on the top of the ramp on hole 12 makes the hole even trickier

Hole 3 from hole 2

Hole 2 from hole 3

Hole 5

Hole 8 has some new obstacles on the green

Adventure Island Mini Golf has two 18-hole indoor courses and they were the 57th and 58th courses played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2008. We've been back a lot since then - I won the Adventure Island/Heart FM Open competition there, returning for the weekly Monday-night league where I was runner-up to three-times World Champion Chris Harding, and I was the co-course record holder with a score of 28(-8) on the Lost Hut Trail.



Check out the Adventure Island Mini Golf website for opening times, prices and further info.

Part of the Hidden Cove Challenge course

The second hole of the Hidden Cove

You can find the course at the Star City leisure and entertainment complex at Adventure Island Mini Golf, Units 20/21, Star City, Watson Road, Birmingham, B7 5SB.

A nice minigolf welcome mat! The Crazy Golf Museum will need to have one of these!

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Link:
- Adventure Island Mini Golf website

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Minigolf report - Gottfried’s complete season at Star City

Report from the final event of the minigolf season.

Leagrave Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried teed-off in the final event of the 2015 British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Tour season on Sunday 6th December at the Star City Open competition held at the Adventure Island Mini Golf centre at Star City in Birmingham.

Richard scored a three-round total of 108 (par), having shot rounds 37, 36 and 35 to finish in 16th place in the 34-player field.

Richard making a putt at Star City

Emily scored a three-round total 113 (+5) after rounds of 36, 38 and 39 to finish in 23rd place overall.

Emily in action at Adventure Island Mini Golf

The Star City Open tournament was played over three 18-hole rounds on the Lost Hut Trail course at the Adventure Island Mini Golf venue, and was won Oxford’s Michael Smith.

With the 2015 season over the pair have completed their ninth-year as BMGA Tour players. Richard finished the year in 17th place of 115 places in the BMGA Official Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings, with Emily in 32nd position.

Link:

- Adventure Island Mini Golf website