Today is Summerween (again)!

Happy Summerween.

Summerween is celebrated annually on the second to last Friday of the month of June AND on the 22nd June. So you get two bites of the cherry (or should that be watermelon) to celebrate it!

Happy Summer Solstice 2026

Today marks midsummer and is the 'longest day' and 'shortest night' of the year.

Stonehenge The Big Mini Golf course in Hemsby, Norfolk

Did you know there's a Stonehenge-themed minigolf course in Hemsby, Norfolk?

Stonehenge The Big Mini Golf was the 174th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in June 2010 when it was a 15-hole layout. We first visited it in May 2009 when it was a 12-hole course. It's now an 18-hole course.

Here are two videos of us playing the course in June 2010.

Here are some videos of the course on our most recent visit in May 2022.

Today is Summerween!

Happy Summerween.

Summerween is celebrated annually on the second to last Friday of the month of June.

The quirky event is also on the 22nd June. So you get two bites of the cherry (or should that be watermelon) to celebrate it.

International Museum Day

Today is International Museum Day.

International Museum Day is an international day held annually and is coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

About International Museum Day.

International Museum Day is organised by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and has been held each year since 1977.

The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness about the fact that "Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples."

Find out more on the International Council of Museums (ICOM) website.

The Crazy Golf Museum.

The Crazy Golf Museum is celebrating it's 16th year in 2026. The worldwide archive of miniature golf memories, histories and ephemera opened it's online doors to the world on the 15th July 2010.

Check out the Crazy Golf Museum's website and social media links.

Mini Golf Scorecard and Loyalty Apps

Information about Mini Golf scorecard and loyalty apps.

A look at minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf scorecard and loyalty apps.

We've used several apps to keep the score in our games on our travels to 1,117 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've seen several courses have introduced a mobile app to compliment or replace the traditional paper scorecard. Some of these apps are really good and help to enhance the experience.

We're still fans of pencil and paper to score our rounds and have amassed a large collection of scorecards from our travels over the last 20 years. That said, when we find an app that works well we're more than happy to download and use it. We've found the best ones are at courses that have both traditional and digital options for marking your scores as it keeps everyone happy.

The minigolf apps we've found offer a range of scoring functions, loyalty & reward schemes, games, reviews, contests, information and tips.

Links to minigolf apps.

These are the adventure golf, crazy golf and minigolf apps available on Android, iPhone, or via a separate QR code, app, or weblink that we've found on our miniature golfing adventures:

• Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham
• Australian Adventure Golf at Adlington Golf Centre
• Bangolf Arena tournament scoring systems
• Congo River Golf Scorecard App - eight locations in the USA
• Dinton Adventure Golf
• Eingelocht: Minigolf Scorecard
• Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull
• Golf Fang / Big Fang Collective (formerly Ghetto Golf)
• GlowGolf® Score-App
• Golf Kingdom in Romford - home of Moby Golf
• Hastings Adventure Golf
• Hollywood Drive-In Golf, Orlando, Florida
• International Pitch & Putt Association (IPPA)
• Inky’s Mini Golf at Sirenian Bay in Belize
• Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby
• Marlin Mini Golf Score
• Mini Golf App
• Mini Golf Score Card by Baliza
• Mini-Golf Scorecard
• Monster Mini Golf Scorecard App in the USA
• My Mini Golf Scorecard
• Nyborg Minigolf in Denmark
• Oasis Fun in Bournemouth
• Paradise Adventure Golf in Täby Centrum, Sweden
• Paradise Island Adventure Golf in Cheshire Oaks, Derby, Glasgow, Livingston, Manchester, Plymouth, Rushden Lakes and Sheffield
• Peter Pan Mini Golf, USA
• Play Minigolf App - four courses in Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium
• Playing tips for mini golf
• Popstroke, USA
• PuttBrothers Mini Golf
• Puttstars
• Rainforest Adventure Golf in Dundrum, Ireland
• Roxy Ball Room (for their Crazy Pool courses at various locations)
• Scary Strokes in Waldorf, Maryland, USA
• Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf in Bournemouth
• Stagecoach Greens, San Francisco, USA
• Swingers Crazy Golf
• TallyHo Golf App
• Teezers Retro Golf in Coventry
• The Clubhouse Stoke
• The Putter King game
• The Putting Penguin minigolf review site
• Tipsy Putt (various locations in California, USA)
• Tredegar Park Minigolf
• Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford
• We Are Minigolf

Your view of minigolf apps...?

Do you know of any other minigolf apps, scorecards, games or scoring systems? What do you think of them? Do you use them when you visit a course? Do you have a favourite? Let us know in the comments below.

Get set for the NEXT 'Miniature Golf Day'

'Miniature Golf Day' is ALWAYS on the 21st September.

While 'National Miniature Golf Day' is held on the second Saturday in May, the other BIG minigolf day of the year is 'Miniature Golf Day' and is ALWAYS on the 21st September.

In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Emily playing the Crazy Golf course at the Botanic Gardens in Southport on Miniature Golf Day 2019

That was National Miniature Golf Day

Where did you play for National Miniature Golf Day?

If you weren't able to visit a miniature golf course for National Miniature Golf Day, then you can celebrate again on the second BIG minigolf day of the year when Miniature Golf Day is marked on the 21st September.

Playing at The Himalayas on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2012. The course is the world's first miniature golf and home to the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Happy National Miniature Golf Day

Today is National Miniature Golf Day.

Playing the Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Skegness on National Miniature Golf Day 2015

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

National Windmill Day

Today is National Windmill Day (and National Miniature Golf Day).

Playing a windmill hole in Skegness on a previous National Miniature Golf Day

You can often find windmill obstacles on miniature golf courses.

The windmill hole on the grass putting miniature golf course at the Palm Bay Café in Cliftonville, Margate back in 2007

A Dutch-themed windmill hole at Glo-Golf indoor Crazy Golf at the Riverside Bowl in Andover

National Train Day

Today is National Train Day.

Riding a little train at Falkirk High railway station in 2014

Check out my train-related blog posts, and my Trains Playlist on YouTube.

National Train Day was originally created by Amtrak in 2008 (and discontinued in 2016). It was observed on the Saturday closest to the 10th May.

An old railway carriage at Adventure Golf Gutach in Germany in August 2019

Today is also National Miniature Golf Day!

A view of the Miniature Railway from the Crazy Golf course in Worden Park in September 2009

Today is National Miniature Golf Day

Happy National Miniature Golf Day.

Today is National Miniature Golf Day.

National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May.

National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 9th May

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

Where on Earth will you be playing?

Putting on the Moon at Mr Mulligan's Space Golf course in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 2018

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.

• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

This Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

Playing the Championship Adventure Golf course in New Brighton, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside on National Miniature Golf Day 2017

Will you be playing a game to celebrate?

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

• National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.
• The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Star Wars Mini Golf

Today is Star Wars Day - May the 4th be with you.

That's no moon, that's a Star Wars themed hole at Mulligans Crazy Golf at Jarman Park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Related blog posts:

• Star Wars

Happy Star Wars Day

May the Fourth be with you.

Jabba The Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston

Next Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day

Saturday 9th May is National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.

The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Today is National Crazy Pool Awareness Day

Today (Tuesday 28th April) is National Crazy Pool Awareness Day!

Tuesday 28th April marks 'National Crazy Pool Awareness Day'.

Today is the second-annual National Crazy Pool Awareness Day.

What is Crazy Pool?

The indoor game found at Roxy Ball Room locations is a cross between crazy golf and pool. Played with a pool cue and a golf ball you need to tackle a variety of obstacles on the felt covered tables.

National Crazy Pool Awareness Day was created by the team at Roxy Leisure.

You can find Crazy Pool tables and courses at 13 of Roxy's 19 venues. They are:

1. Birmingham (Victoria Square)
2. Bristol (Union Street)
3. Edinburgh (Rose Street)
4. Leeds (Boar Lane)
5. Leeds (Merrion Street) - the original Crazy Pool course at this venue has recently been updated.
6. Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
7. Liverpool (Hanover Street)
8. London (St Mary Axe)
9. Manchester (Arndale)
10. Manchester (Deansgate)
11. Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
12. Sheffield (Charter Square)
13. York (The Stonebow)

Playing Crazy Pool.

We've played several of the Crazy Pool courses at Roxy venues on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Pool at King Pins too.

Roxy Ball Room's sister brand King Pins is also home to a Crazy Pool course at the White Rose Centre venue in Leeds.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information about the brand's venues and games.

Link:

• Roxy Leisure

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Pool
• Roxy Leisure
• Roxy Ball Room
• King Pins

National Crazy Pool Awareness Day - 28th April

The 28th April is National Crazy Pool Awareness Day.

Tuesday 28th April marks 'National Crazy Pool Awareness Day'.

This will be the second-annual National Crazy Pool Awareness Day.

What is Crazy Pool?

The indoor game found at Roxy Ball Room locations is a cross between crazy golf and pool. Played with a pool cue and a golf ball you need to tackle a variety of obstacles on the felt covered tables.

National Crazy Pool Awareness Day was created by the team at Roxy Leisure.

You can find Crazy Pool tables and courses at 13 of Roxy's 19 venues. They are:

1. Birmingham (Victoria Square)
2. Bristol (Union Street)
3. Edinburgh (Rose Street)
4. Leeds (Boar Lane)
5. Leeds (Merrion Street) - the original Crazy Pool course at this venue has recently been updated.
6. Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
7. Liverpool (Hanover Street)
8. London (St Mary Axe)
9. Manchester (Arndale)
10. Manchester (Deansgate)
11. Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
12. Sheffield (Charter Square)
13. York (The Stonebow)

Playing Crazy Pool.

We've played several of the Crazy Pool courses at Roxy venues on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Pool at King Pins too.

Roxy Ball Room's sister brand King Pins is also home to a Crazy Pool course at the White Rose Centre venue in Leeds.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information about the brand's venues and games.

Link:

• Roxy Leisure

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Pool
• Roxy Leisure
• Roxy Ball Room
• King Pins

One month until National Miniature Golf Day

There is one month to go until National Miniature Golf Day 2026.

There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.

National Miniature Golf Day is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.

The other minigolf day, Miniature Golf Day, is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Happy Friday the 13th!

How are you celebrating the day?

Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024