Putting Course at Barrow Park

A visit to the Putting Course at Barrow Park in Barrow-in-Furness.

On a recent visit to Barrow-in-Furness we found a Putting Course at Barrow Park. Sadly it was closed.

The course looked like it was ready for play, or at least very nearly ready for the summer season.

Some of the holes looked really good, with plenty of lumps, bumps, twists and turns to tackle.

The course became the 893rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Barrow Park is also home to a very nice looking model railway.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Putting Course
- Putting Green
- Miniature Railway

Crazy Golf and Putting in Grange-over-Sands

A visit to the Crazy Golf and Putting courses at Promenade Recreation Park in Grange-over-Sands.

On our way home from a trip to Barrow last June we added two more minigolf courses to our visited list after playing the Crazy Golf and Putting Green at Promenade Recreation Park in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.

The courses were the 820th and 821st visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and were the 485th and 486th we've been able to play on our travels.

The promenade at Grange-over-Sands

 

Hole 1

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 2 

Hole 2

 

Hole 3

Hole 3

 

Hole 4

Hole 4 - a rat in a pipe!

Hole 5

Hole 5

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7

Hole 7

 

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 9

  

The Putting course in Grange-over-Sands

Visit the Grange Promenade Recreation Park website for more information, opening times and prices.

The scorecard for the Crazy Golf course at Promenade Park in Grange-over-Sands

Our friend and minigolf rival Marc Bazeley visited the course and guest blogged about it in 2017.

A view of the Putting course and Bowls green

The courses at Grange Promenade Park are the sister courses to those at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside, Cumbria. We visited those during a road-trip in April 2012. The Crazy Golf course in Ambleside was the 463rd we visited.

Playing hole 6

Related blog posts:
- Minigolfing in Grange-over-Sands
- Crazy Golf in Grange over Sands
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Darts in Barrow-in-Furness

Last weekend we had a marvellous time visiting our mate Marc Bazeley in his new home region up in Cumbria. As well as exploring the local area we were up in Barrow-in-Furness to attend a special Darts Exhibition evening starring the 1996 BDO World Professional Darts Champion, 'The Bronzed Adonis' Steve Beaton.

The charity event took place at The Kill One pub in the town, with fund from the night going to the Paul Larkin memorial darts competition and this year's chosen charity Parkinson's Disease.

The hottest ticket in town

We bought a few strips of raffle tickets which, if drawn, would entitle you to face-off against Steve in front of the crowd. As luck would have it my 'lucky' number was called out third from the end of the evening, much to the relief of Marc, Emily and Lauren.

What a venue

It was certainly a brilliant opportunity, but also pretty stressful to get up on stage and try to compete with a world class act.

In action against the 1996 World Darts Champion!

After my nine practice arrows I started the leg off and managed to average around the 40 mark. With the heavily refreshed crowd behind me I managed (Steve let me) get down to a finish of 53, before he ended any hopes of a win for me by shutting out the leg with an exhibition finish.

The night got a big thumbs up

Check out the video to see 3 minutes of sporting action I will never forget. Steve Beaton never stopped smiling. Neither did I. What a superb night.

The Sajwani Army with darts legend Steve Beaton

We had a wonderful time in Barrow-in-Furness and are looking forward to returning. I'm not so sure about returning to the oche against world class opposition anytime soon though!

Check out Steve Beaton's website, as well as The Kill One for more info about the next charity darts event at the pub.

To top it all off Marc and I made it onto Steve's blog post about the night too!

Minigolfing in Grange-over-Sands

Playing two more courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golfing in Grange-over-Sands

We've added two more minigolf courses to our visited list after playing the Crazy Golf and Putting Green at Promenade Recreation Park in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria.

Emily's best hole saw her score a 2 on hole 2

The visits were numbers 820 and 821 overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The two layouts were the 485th and 486th we've been able to play during our 12-year journey.

Minigolfing on the grass Putting course

Visit the Grange Promenade Recreation Park website for more information, opening times and prices.

Having a nice sit down outside the course

Our friend and minigolf rival Marc Bazeley visited the course and guest blogged about it on the site last year.

The courses at Grange Promenade Park are the sister courses to those at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside, Cumbria. We visited those during a road-trip in April 2012. The Crazy Golf course in Ambleside was the 463rd we visited.

Crazy Golf in Grange over Sands

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Promenade Recreation Park in Grange over Sands.

My mate and minigolf rival Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley has been out and about playing Crazy Golf in Cumbria and sent over these great snaps from his visit to the minigolf layout at Promenade Recreation Park in Grange over Sands. It's a course we're yet to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

Marc tells me the 9-hole course is £3 to play. He also tells me that he won the match against his girlfriend Lauren by 9-shots. Knowing how Marc rolls that could be a likely story!

Visit the Grange Promenade Recreation Park website for more information and opening times. Looking on it there's a grass Putting Green there too. I look forward to playing both courses there in the future.

Links:
- Grange Promenade Recreation Park website
- Grange Promenade Recreation Park on Facebook

Crazy Golf at Hope Park in Keswick

My mate and minigolf rival Simon 'Practice' Hall sent me a snap of the Crazy Golf course he spotted at Hope Park while on holiday in Keswick, Cumbria.

A view of the Crazy Golf course. Locally its known as 'Obstacle Golf'

Emily and I visited Keswick as part of a big minigolf roadtrip in 2012. On that occasion we played the Putting Course at Hope Park as the Crazy Golf course was very busy.

Happy March

Find out about the Cumberland Pencil Museum in the Dull Men's Club 2017 Calendar.

The star of March in the Dull Men's Club 2017 Calendar is Dawn Walker, the Curator of the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick.

March 2017

Back in 2012 we visited Keswick but didn't have time to visit the Cumberland Pencil Museum as we played the minigolf course at Hope Park instead.

Keswick was a wonderful spot for an afternoon of miniature golf

As well as being addicted to minigolf, we also run a museum dedicated to the world of Crazy Golf. We've got a lot of pencils in the archives. They've been an essential part of the game since it was invented in 1867.

Two of the many minigolf pencils stashed in the vaults of the Crazy Golf Museum

Our obsession with miniature golf has also got us included in the Dull Men's Club 2017 Calendar. You can see us in the month of July.

The Dull Men's Club is a place where dull men, and women who appreciate dull men, share thoughts and experiences about ordinary things

The Dull Men's Club 2017 calendar also features a cutlery sculptor, tombstone traveller, prefabricated buildings fan, lost glove spotter, a bubbleologist, giant pumpkin growers, a barbed wire enthusiast, a brown sign follower, village pump spotter, a vintage radio collector, and a couple who built a life-size railway station in their back garden.

Visit the Cumberland Pencil Museum website for more information.

Links:
- Dull Men's Club
- Cumberland Pencil Museum
- The Crazy Golf Museum

Related blog posts:
- Dull Men's Club
- Pencils
- Keswick