Showing posts with label Goodrington Sands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goodrington Sands. Show all posts

Thursday, June 04, 2020

Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

On this day in 2015 - we visited our 600th miniature golf course in the UK.


Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

We played the Mini Golf course in Goodrington Sands on the 4th June 2015 during our mammoth road trip around the South West coast of England.

Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

In two weeks we visited 62 minigolf courses.

Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

The Beton-style Concrete 18-hole Goodrington Park Mini Golf course in Goodrington Sands, Paignton was the 600th course visited in the UK and the 621st overall.

Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands
 
Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

Mini Golf in Goodrington Sands

When our travels began in September 2006 we had a target to visit all 600 courses in the UK. Between then and now hundreds more course have opened, while others have closed, been demolished, abandoned or refurbished.

We've now been to 948 courses, including 39 overseas.

Hopefully we'll get to return to Devon and the South West again in the future as we had a marvellous time in 2015.

The Jurassic Golf course at Santa-Fe Adventure Park in Swanage, Dorset was the 600th course visited overall on our tour on Sunday 31st May 2015.

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Thursday, October 03, 2019

Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon

A look at the Pitch and Putt course at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands.


Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon

During the summer of 2015 we visited 62 mini golf courses on a tour of the South West of England.


One of those was the Pitch & Putt course at Roundham Head, Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon.


Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon

It wasn't open at the time of our visit.

Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon
Bunkered

Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon

Pitch and Putt at Roundham Head in Goodrington Sands, Devon

Luckily the Mini Golf course at Goodrington Sands was open. That became the 600th course we visited in the UK.

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Four years ago today we visited our 600th minigolf course in the UK!

Reaching a landmark on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.


Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course in Devon
The Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course in Devon

The Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Sands, Devon was the 600th course visited and the 370th we had played up until that point. A large number of courses we visit on our travels tend to be closed, derelict, abandoned or out-of-season.


Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course in Devon
Playing the Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Sands

Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course in Devon
Emily playing the Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course

We visited a total of 62 miniature golf courses during our brilliant two-week holiday around the coast of South West England in the summer of 2015.

Goodrington Sands Crazy Golf course in Devon
At Goodrington Sands

The 600th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Jurassic Golf course at Santa-Fe Adventure Park in Swanage, Dorset on Sunday 31st May 2015.

Jurassic Adventure Golf in Swanage
At minigolf course visit 600 in Swanage, Dorset

When our travels began in September 2006 there were around 600 courses in the UK. We've now been to 895 minigolf courses, including 39 overseas, and there are still a fair few for us to visit.

Course visit number 900 is getting very very close!

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Crazy Golf in Goodrington Sands

A visit to our 600th minigolf course in the UK!

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon

Having visited 21 courses overseas the 600th course visited in the UK was the 18-hole Beton-style Concrete Mini Golf course at Goodrington Park in Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon on Thursday 4th June 2015.

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Visiting our 600th course in the UK

The courses is known as Quaywest Crazy Golf and from the scorecard is operated by Goodtime Leisure. It certainly lived up to its name as we had a good time playing the course and a pleasant and leisurely round of Crazy Golf.

Mini Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Always pleasing to see a Mini Golf course open

The course became the 370th played since our tour began on the 30th September 2006 and was the seventh played on our tour of the South West of England.

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Playing the Goodrington Sands course

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Emily in action

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
About to putt in for a nice two from a tricky spot

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
We had great weather on our trip to the English Riviera

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
A nice two

Crazy Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Emily tapping in on a long hole

Mini Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
Hole 2 onwards

Mini Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
A view of the course

Miniature Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
The 12th

Minigolf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
The course is in a very nice setting in Goodrington Park
  
Mini Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
The pleasing 17th hole

A round of Crazy Golf on the layout costs £4 for adults and in our match-up I won with a score of 39 to Emily's 42. It was very pleasing for us both to score aces on the 17th hole.

Mini Golf course in Goodrington Park at Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
The Goodrington Sands Mini Golf Champion

While having a wander around Paignton it was great to see the course on a postcard - and you could get 12 for £1! I had to buy some for my collection and to post out.

Overall the 600th course visited on our tour was on Sunday 31st May at the Jurassic Golf course at Santa-Fe Adventure Park in Swanage, Dorset.

Visiting and playing miniature golf courses came about from our love of travelling around the UK. We began going to different seasides when we got our first car in 2006 and after a trip to Southsea, Hampshire we found the MiniatureGolfer website where there were around 600 minigolf courses listed around the UK. Since then we've tried to play as many as we can.

A view of the nice seaside resort of Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon
A view of the nice seaside resort of Goodrington Sands

Related blog posts:
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Mini Golf in the South West of England

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