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A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
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Showing posts with label Funfair. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Dizzy Land
Location:
Rhyl, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
The Simpsons Dodgems in Great Yarmouth
The Homer with no nose we saw in Great Yarmouth wasn't the only sighting of The Simpsons back in the summer of 2016. We also spotted the family on the dodgems.
Labels:
bootleg,
bootleg stuff,
Cartoon,
dodgems,
Funfair,
funny,
Funny Sign,
Great Yarmouth,
Homer,
Homer Simpson,
Norfolk,
Sign,
The Simpsons
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Thursday, November 02, 2017
The smallest miniature railway?
This train ride at Pensarn Pleasure Beach in Abergele could be a contender for the title of smallest miniature railway!
The train is half the length of the track! |
Labels:
Abergele,
Abergele & Pensarn,
Amusement Arcades,
Funfair,
Miniature Railway,
Pensarn,
Train,
trains,
Wales
Location:
Sea Rd, Pensarn, Abergele LL22 7BU, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, October 09, 2016
A visit to Southport Pleasureland
Southport Pleasureland, the 'Happy Halloween Capital of the UK!'
We recently returned to Southport for the first time since September 2009 and we were pleasantly surprised to see that the Pleasureland theme park had reopened. Not only that, but it looked to be doing very well and they had really gone to town on the Halloween theming.
We survived the haunted maze at Southport Pleasureland |
In fact they've gone so far as to declare themselves the 'Happy Halloween Capital of the UK!'
I don't think I have ever seen so many pumpkins in one place before. There are thousands of them there!
The pumpkins came in all shapes and sizes |
Plenty of characters too |
Some were ominously congregating |
Others were on their own |
There were clowns |
'Sleeping' ones |
And more traditional Jack-o'-lanterns |
Unfortunately since our previous visit the Moroccan Adventure Golf course has been removed as the park has had extensive changes made. The area that was once home to the minigolf course is now a pathway. A shame really.
The Adventure Golf course at Pleasureland Southport as it was just after the theme park had been left abandoned in 2009 |
What the same area looks like now |
However, the rest of Pleasureland is great. We really enjoyed our wander round - especially the walk through the haunted maze.
We dared to enter the haunted maze |
A view of the outside world from within the maze |
We escaped - as did our shadows |
Check out the Southport Pleasureland website for more information and opening times.
You can see the blog post from our visit to Pleasure Land in 2009 in our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour archives.
Southport is still home to plenty of other Crazy Golf options and a lot of other things to keep you entertained. We're looking forward to our next visit and keep 'em peeled for more blog posts from our trip to Southport that are coming up.
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Labels:
A Maze,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Funfair,
Halloween,
Maze,
Pleasureland,
Pumpkin,
Pumpkins,
Revisit,
Southport,
Southport Pleasureland,
Theme Park
Location:
Southport, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Monorail, Monorail, Monorail
Riding the rail at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach.
On our recent trip to Great Yarmouth I had a very pleasure surprise and a real treat as I got to ride a monorail!
I'm a big fan of monorails and the one at the Pleasure Beach in Great Yarmouth is one of the few examples still operating in the UK.
I've got great memories of riding the monorail at Butlin's Minehead back in the 1980's and 90's. We also played the Pirate Flyer Laser Shooting Monorail ride at Coral Island in Blackpool a few years ago.
Links:
- Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach website
Video:
- Monorail in Great Yarmouth
Related blog posts:
- Monorail
- The Pirate Flyer - Laser game monorail at Coral Island in Blackpool
- Great Yarmouth
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The home straight of the monorail at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach |
On our recent trip to Great Yarmouth I had a very pleasure surprise and a real treat as I got to ride a monorail!
I'm a big fan of monorails and the one at the Pleasure Beach in Great Yarmouth is one of the few examples still operating in the UK.
At the Mono thingy |
The pair of us on the monorail |
The Pleasure Beach monorail crosses over the roller coaster track |
And actually cuts through the middle of it |
Into some sort of monorail wash! |
The Pleasure Beach Monorail gets the thumbs up from me |
I've got great memories of riding the monorail at Butlin's Minehead back in the 1980's and 90's. We also played the Pirate Flyer Laser Shooting Monorail ride at Coral Island in Blackpool a few years ago.
Links:
- Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach website
Video:
- Monorail in Great Yarmouth
Related blog posts:
- Monorail
- The Pirate Flyer - Laser game monorail at Coral Island in Blackpool
- Great Yarmouth
Give the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour a Like on Facebook, watch our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter @putting_gott and @Ems_Lems.
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Labels:
Brockway,
Emily Gottfried,
Fun,
Fun Park,
Funfair,
Great Yarmouth,
monorail,
Norfolk,
North Haverbrook,
Ogdenville,
Richard Gottfried,
Theme Park
Location:
Great Yarmouth, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Monday, September 07, 2015
A visit to Bridlington
Blog from a couple of hours in Bridlington.
In July we had a fun, albeit short, trip to Bridlington. The seaside town has long been on our to-visit list and it did not disappoint. We're already really looking forward to going back for longer next summer.
Well be posting more pics and videos from the minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses we played there, but before we get to that I had to post a snap of this great inflatable that we saw at the Bayside Fun Park on the seafront!
I'm always on the lookout for quirky and fun stuff to spot on our travels. We see quite a few Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube Men aka Airdancers. And next door-but-one to the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course there was one sat atop the Tidal Treats shop!
Videos:
- Crazy Mini Golf Hole-in-One at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington
- Mini Golf Hole in One at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington
- Foreshore Sands Crazy Golf course in Bridlington
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In July we had a fun, albeit short, trip to Bridlington. The seaside town has long been on our to-visit list and it did not disappoint. We're already really looking forward to going back for longer next summer.
By the Crazy Golf course on the Foreshore |
Well be posting more pics and videos from the minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses we played there, but before we get to that I had to post a snap of this great inflatable that we saw at the Bayside Fun Park on the seafront!
'Homer' in Bridlington. Notice the little Frog bin too |
A view of the Bayside Fun park in Bridlington. I picked up some great amusement park tokens for my collection of seaside exonumia there as well |
I'm always on the lookout for quirky and fun stuff to spot on our travels. We see quite a few Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube Men aka Airdancers. And next door-but-one to the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course there was one sat atop the Tidal Treats shop!
Videos:
- Crazy Mini Golf Hole-in-One at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington
- Mini Golf Hole in One at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington
- Foreshore Sands Crazy Golf course in Bridlington
Like the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Facebook, check out our YouTube channel and follow me and Emily on Twitter.
Labels:
bootleg,
Bridlington,
Fun Park,
Funfair,
Homer,
Inflatable,
Seaside,
The Simpsons,
Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-man,
Yorkshire
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Margate Funpark Crazy Golf
Hearing about a Crazy Golf course at a mobile Funpark in Margate.
During the BMGA British Minigolf Championships in Margate our fellow competitors and minigolf explorers Matt and Helen Dodd let me know they'd spotted that the there was a Crazy Golf course in town as part of the Funpark set-up in Dreamland's car park.
Unfortunately we didn't have time to go into the park to explore and make good use of the entry fee (which give you access to 'unlimited riding' inside). We'll have to keep an eye out for the Funpark in the future as we're intrigued as to what the Crazy Golf course is like.
Links:
Labels:
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Funfair,
Funpark,
Helen Dodd,
Margate,
Matt Dodd,
Not Played
Location:
Margate, Kent, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
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