What a Clown Car!

Looking through my photo archives I spotted this snap of a crazy clown car I saw in Great Yarmouth on my last visit to the seaside resort.

A wacky clown car advertising the circus in Great Yarmouth

I'm looking forward to heading back to Great Yarmouth in the future. It'll be interesting to see what's new in the town.

Pennywise the Clown's amusement arcade. In Rhyl

I wonder if the pool balls float down there?

Related blog posts:
- Clown
- Pool
- Rhyl
- Amusement Arcades

Junkyard Golf in London

A visit to play the four Crazy Golf courses at Junkyard Golf on Brick Lane in London.

On my recent trip to London I got to play the four very crazy minigolf courses at Junkyard Golf on Brick Lane.

All the fun of the fear!

Each of the 9-hole courses has a quirky theme from films to music to the circus and it all adds up to a ludicrous miniature golf experience as you putt your way through, down and over all manner of different obstacles.

I had a merry go round the four courses at Junkyard Golf

Having played the current Junkyard Golf course in Manchester I'd seen some similar holes and obstacles, but others were unique to the London venue.

I like the spotlighting of the cups on the course

Playing into and through some bits of old cars!

Another gory construction on the circus and fairground themed course

Even though the courses have been built out of scrap and other reclaimed materials the holes are playable - although from some of the tee-off angles I can't help but think the designer/builder is left-handed. My scores were as follows:

• Pablo course = 22
• Bozo course = 20
• Gary course = 26
• Bruce course = 21

The courses were the 456th-449th played and 757th-760th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

People often think all crazy golf courses have clown's mouths to putt through. Very few actually do

The end of the Bozo course

I wasn't expecting to see a three-wheeler at the course!

I do like a bit of indoor blacklight minigolf

The team at Junkyard Golf are on the move in Manchester, with a new permanent venue opening on First Street in September. There's also a new Junkyard Golf course opening in Oxford and plans for more sites around the UK.

Nice and colourful

Check out the Junkyard Golf website for more info, opening times and prices.

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Clown on a Moped

What better way to celebrate my brother Christopher's 30th birthday than with a surprise party in Worthing. And a Clown on a Moped!

Tommy Tickle's guest appearance at Christopher's surprise birthday party went down a treat

Christopher is a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and on our travels we've putted through some clown's mouth obstacles.

The Clown obstacle at Luton's now demolished Wardown Park Crazy Golf course. One of the first we played on our tour

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour began at the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Southsea in September 2006. The town is home to a number of other miniature golf courses, including this one on Southsea Common 

Check out Tommy Tickle's Clown on a Moped website, YouTube Channel, and give him a like and a follow on Facebook and Twitter. He was brilliant entertainment - even two of three coulrophobes at the party enjoyed his act!

Brighton-based Tommy Tickle - the world's number one Clown on a Moped. Available for all sorts of functions

Tommy Tickle appeared in the brilliant BBC documentary Clowns, it's well worth a watch.



Link:
- Clown on a Moped website

Related blog posts:
- Christopher Gottfried
- Worthing