What a difference a year makes

A look back at our minigolfing visits to Leicester in 2019.

We competed in the Caddyshackers Open minigolf tournament at Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester last year.

We were joined in the team event by our friends and often minigolf rivals Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd and Jam 'Jamdre the Giant' Trubridge.

The Before Times!

Having qualified for the grand final we returned a week later.

Natural social distancing before social distancing was a thing

The Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course was the 903rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A view of the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course

While in the city we also swung by the new Treetop Adventure Golf venue at the Highcross Shopping Centre.

Emily and I also returned to Leicester as a stop-off en route to East Anglia in September.

A Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man in Leicester

It looks highly unlikely that we'll be travelling anywhere this year.

2020 has pretty much gone down the pan

It'll be nice to revisit Leicester again in the future when it's safe to do so.

We've also been to minigolf courses at Blaby Golf Centre and Charnwood Golf Complex in Leicestershire.

Congo River Adventure Golf at Blaby Golf Centre in March 2014 

Minigolf at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough in August 2015

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Guinness World Record Attempt for the 'Most Brussels Sprouts Eaten in a Minute'

A look back at the 2009 Guinness World Record Attempt for the 'Most Brussels Sprouts Eaten in a Minute'.

I can't believe it's been ten years since I attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the 'Most Brussels Sprouts Eaten in a Minute' at Luton Indoor Market!

A star studded line-up of talent assembled to take part in the charity record attempt

What an event that was.

Check out the other Guinness World Records I've attempted over the years.

Me and Brad Shepherd with our certificates from the event

Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf at Shibden Park in Halifax

A look at the Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf courses at Shibden Park in Halifax.

We visited Halifax in West Yorkshire for the first time on Saturday. We've been meaning to go there since we moved north in 2016 and finally found some time to a look round. We really liked the town and are looking forward to a return visit.

While there we played at the new Galactic Golf indoor adventure golf. Once we'd wandered around the town centre we drove out via Shibden Park where we knew there was a four-hole(!) Crazy Golf course.

The entrance to the two miniature golf courses

Up these steps is the strangest Crazy Golf course we've ever seen

Our friend and minigolf rival Brad Shepherd had played the course in 2015 and we were intrigued by the layout.

It certainly looks a lot different now to the summer of 2015!

Unplayable

Shibden Park is a nice spot and we enjoyed our walk round it. We also found it's home to a miniature railway.

As the park is quite large and we didn't fancy a wild goose chase looking for the Crazy Golf course I called Brad and he told me the course was next to a Pitch & Putt course. Another bonus.

Unfortunately as it's currently out of season neither the Pitch & Putt or Crazy Golf was playable on this occasion.

The Pitch & Putt course

But the Crazy Golf was certainly a sight to behold!

Blimey!

It looked like a minigolf course graveyard

The Pitch and Putt course at Shibden Park was the 936th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Crazy Golf course the 937th.

Hole 1

Hole 2 is there

Hole 3

Hole 4

A closer look at an obstacle

One of the best worst course visits we've made in the last thirteen years

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester

A visit to the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course in Leicester.

Last Sunday we visited Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester city centre to compete in the Caddyshackers Open minigolf tournament.

The entrance to Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course - it's not your average place for a game

We were joined in the team event by our friends and often minigolf rivals Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd and Jam 'Jamdre the Giant' Trubridge.

The dream team!

We had fun on our qualifying round on the tricky and quirky indoor course.

The skateboard and BMX hole

Beat the keeper

A brewing hole

At home

A rubbish hole

The 18th hole

Blimey!

The ablutions hole

Yes, the pan is the cup!

Up the ramp and into the lav

Emily putting for a two

Having a well earned sit down

This office hole was very very tricky

The Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course was the 903rd visited and 522nd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The team behind Caddyshackers will soon be opening a tenpin bowling alley on the floor above the Crazy Golf course

Check out the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course website for more info, opening times and prices.

Crazy Golf at Hall Lane in Upminster

A look back at the Crazy Golf course at Hall Lane in Upminster.

My mate and minigolf rival Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd recently sent me over these pics of the Crazy Golf at Hall Lane in Upminster, Essex from his archive. They were taken a couple of years ago and before the 2017 refurbishment of the course.

Check out what the Hall Lane Crazy Golf course looks like now on the Upminster & Cranham Residents' Association website. Very smart and clean.

The course was never open on my previous visits back in 2010 and 2012 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.