London, an Old Routemaster Bus, Crazy Golf and Bar Billiards

A blog post about a Bus on a Minigolf course. And Bar Billiards!

Reading the excellent website about London - Londonist - I spotted a story about new uses for old buses - "Recycled Routemasters: New Uses For Old Busses". One of the photos showed an old Routemaster Bus on the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre in Chiswick, London.

I visited this course in April 2011 when it became the 214th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The old Bus at Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre in Turnham Green, Chiswick

Re-reading my blog post I noticed that the second hole at the course is called 'Bar Billiards'! This dog-leg right-hand hole doesn't look like any Bar Billiards table I've seen before, or played recently, but more like a right-angled Pool/Billiards table!

The 'Bar Billiards' second hole

Blog Links:

- Minigolf and Crazy Golf in and around London

- The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour List

- Crazy Golf in Chiswick, London

- Bar Billiards Blog Posts

- On The Buses Event - 40th Anniversary of the First On The Buses film

- Revisit and Replay of the Windmill Theatre Indoor Adventure Golf Course in Great Yarmouth

Links:

- Londonist

- Londonist - "Recycled Routemasters: New Uses For Old Busses"

- Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre

Crazy Golf in Chiswick, London

Minigolf at Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre.

On Monday 4th April 2011 I headed to the Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre in Chiswick, London to visit and play the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the centre.



The Crazy Golf in Chiswick was the 214th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.



Each of the 9-holes is named after and designed to either resemble, or be associated with, another sport:
1 - Dominoes
2 - Bar Billiards
3 - Skittles
4 - Penalty Shoot Out
5 - Croquet
6 - St Andrews
7 - Monte Carlo
8 - 8 Ball Pool
9 - Pinball













Quite unmissable in the course layout is the London Bus! A first on a course I've visited!

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in and around London

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