Showing posts with label Ipswich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ipswich. Show all posts

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar, Ipswich

There's a Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Ipswich.


Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar, Ipswich

Crazier Golf at Boom: Battle Bar, Ipswich

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Friday, August 12, 2022

Crazy Golf at Ipswich Cornhill

There will be a pop-up 9-hole crazy golf course on the Cornhill in Ipswich, Suffolk from Monday 15th August to Thursday 18th August.


There will be a pop-up 9-hole crazy golf course on the Cornhill in Ipswich, Suffolk from Monday 15th August to Thursday 18th August

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Boom: Battle Bar opening in Ipswich

A new Boom: Battle Bar will open in Ipswich, Suffolk.


The new Boom: Battle Bar planned for the Buttermarket in Ipswich has been given the green light and is scheduled to open in February 2022.

The new competitive socialising venue in the town centre will be home to minigolf, shuffleboard, beer pong, axe throwing and more.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we're next back in Emily's home town.


The Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Norwich
The Crazier Golf course at Boom: Battle Bar in Norwich


Boom: Battle Bar
Boom: Battle Bar

Monday, September 27, 2021

New Boom: Battle Bar planned for Ipswich

A new Boom: Battle Bar is planned to open in Ipswich, Suffolk.


A new Boom: Battle Bar could be opening in Ipswich, Suffolk.

The new competitive socialising venue in the Buttermarket shopping centre would be home to minigolf, shuffleboard, beer pong, axe throwing and more.

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.


We played the 'Crazier Golf' course at the original Boom: Battle Bar in Norwich while on our recent Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to East Anglia.

Ipswich is Emily's home town and we regularly visit. It'll be interesting to see a Boom: Battle Bar in the town centre.

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

A Pizza Hut ghost sign in Ipswich

We spotted this modern day ghost sign on a former Pizza Hut restaurant at the Anglia Retail Park in Ipswich, Suffolk last month.


Former Pizza Hut restaurant at Anglia Retail Park in Ipswich

It is looking likely that a branch of Tim Horton's will be taking over the vacant unit in the future.

Thursday, September 02, 2021

Toys R Us in Ipswich, Suffolk

A look at the old Toys R Us store in Ipswich, Suffolk.


Toys R Us closed it's UK stores in April 2018. However, there are still visible remnants of the old brand around the UK.

A sign at the old Toys R Us store in Ipswich
A sign at the old Toys R Us store at the Interchange Retail Park in Ipswich

Toys R Us travels

We've visited a number of former Toys R Us sites over the last couple of years, the latest being in Norwich and Ipswich.

Toys R Us in Ipswich, Suffolk
As close as you can get to the Ipswich store

Working at Toys R Us

My first job while at university in the year 2000 was at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Toys R Us in Ipswich

A look at the old Toys R Us store in Ipswich, Suffolk.


Many thanks to my sister-in-law Annette for sending over a snap of the closed Toys R Us store in the Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich.

Toys R Us store in Ipswich, Suffolk. Photo by Annette Harper, February 2021
This sign is still up. But for how much longer?

Sadly Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018. Luckily there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK. I worked in the Gipsy Lane store in Luton, Bedfordshire back in the year 2000.

Check out the blog posts below about other former Toys R Us stores:

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich

A visit to the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Ipswich, Suffolk.


Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

My brother and Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour has sent over some photos of the miniature golf course at Alton Water in Suffolk.

Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

The Alton Water Mini Golf course is the 982nd course visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

The course was created by the team at UrbanCrazy and opened earlier this year.

Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

Check out the Alton Water website for more information, opening times and prices.


Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

Visit the UrbanCrazy website for more information about the courses they build and minigolf supplies they offer.


Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

We're looking forward to having a game there in the future. We'd normally have been to see family and friends in Ipswich a number of times already this year but haven't been able to get back once yet.

Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich. Photo by Christopher Gottfried

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Christopher and his family have visited 36 courses on their branch of the tour, 26 of those have been unique to them. Emily and I have visited 956 courses on the main tour.

Christopher has been to four courses in 2020.

We've been to a total of 46 courses in 2020, with 15 of those being new courses visited. We've swung by eight new courses in the time of coronavirus.

We've got 40 of the original 600 we set out to visit left and a lot of new courses to play at too!

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Monday, September 07, 2020

Alton Water Minigolf in Ipswich, Suffolk

A look at the Alton Water Minigolf course in Ipswich, Suffolk.


Alton Water Mini Golf course. Photo by James Palmer, UrbanCrazy, August 2020

Many thanks to James Palmer from UrbanCrazy for sending over some snaps of the new minigolf course at Alton Water in Suffolk.

Alton Water Mini Golf course. Photo by James Palmer, UrbanCrazy, August 2020

We're looking forward to having a game there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. We'd normally have been to see family and friends in Ipswich a number of times already this year but haven't been able to get back once yet. Fingers crossed we'll get there at some point this year!

Visit the Alton Water website for more information, opening times and prices.


Check out the UrbanCrazy website for more information about the courses they build and minigolf supplies they offer.


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Saturday, November 02, 2019

Putting Green at Hintlesham Golf Club

A look at Putting Green at Hintlesham Golf Club in Suffolk.


Putting Green at Hintlesham Golf Club

Earlier this summer we attended the wedding of our niece Beth at Hintlesham Golf Club in Suffolk.


Sadly we didn't have time for a putt on the Putting Green at the venue.


Putting Green at Hintlesham Golf Club

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

New minigolf course at Alton Water

A new miniature golf course is opening soon at Alton Water in Suffolk.


A new miniature golf course is opening at Alton Water in Suffolk

The team at UrbanCrazy are putting the finishing touches to a new minigolf course at Alton Water in Suffolk.


Each hole will have an information board with details of Alton Water and Anglian Water.


You can see some photos of the course on the Alton Water Facebook Page.

Check out the Alton Water website for more about the reservoir and water park.

We're looking forward to playing the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It's not too far from Ipswich so will be good to visit while in town to see family and friends.

Alton Water is one of seven Water Parks operated by Anglian Water. Rutland Water also has a minigolf course. We played there in 2015.

Minigolf course at Rutland Water
Playing the minigolf course at Rutland Water

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Art and sculpture trails

A look at some of the art and and sculpture trails we've followed this year.


This summer we've seen a number of different art and sculpture trails pop-up in Greater Manchester and beyond.


Last year there was the Bee in the City trail in Manchester with 100 big bees and 130 little bees to spot. Some of those are still in situ.


Bee in the City in Didsbury, Manchester
A bee in Didsbury

There was also an ice sculpture trail in Stockport town centre last December and this summer the town has had a very popular frog trail with 22 decorated frogs to spot on the Giant Leap.

A froggy character was part of the Stockport Ice Trail last December
A froggy character was part of the Stockport Ice Trail last December

Stockport's Giant Leap
Edgeleap, the Stockport County frog

As fans of tickable lists, wandering and exploring we've enjoyed the different art and sculpture trails we've taken part in.

Earlier this summer the Trafford Centre had a Big Bug Tour and on a recent trip to the Lowry Outlet mall in Media City we saw there was a Bear Hunt.

Meadow grasshopper - number 8 on the Big Bug Tour
Meadow grasshopper - number 8 on the Big Bug Tour

Sitting on a sitting Grizzly Bear - number 2 on the Lowry Outlet's Bear Hunt
Sitting on a sitting Grizzly Bear - number 2 on the Lowry Outlet's Bear Hunt

The latest trail we followed was quite unexpected. On a trip to visit family and friends in Ipswich we noticed an elephant sculpture at the side of the road and soon noticed a lot more of them on the drive to our hotel.

Elephant number 1 - Pip - the first of the elephants we saw

They were part of Elmer's Big Parade Suffolk in aid of St Elizabeth Hospice with 139 placed around Ipswich. In the short time we were in town we managed to find 55 of them.

Nine of the elephants on parade in Ipswich

We've also found quite a few more of the Space Invader pieces of street art by the French artist Invader on our trips to London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as well as seeing some reactivated pieces in Manchester city centre.

Space Invaders in Gateshead
The seven Invaders in Gateshead

Space Invaders in Manchester
A selection of the Invaders in Manchester

The various trails and maps we've followed have seen us explore new places, see different things and also rediscover parts of towns and cities.

They're a nice way to bring communities together, attract and retain visitors to towns, shopping centres and malls, as well as raising money for good causes.

Do you have a favourite art-trail, or know of others? Do let us know in the comments.

Related blog posts:
- Art
- Sculptures
- Tickable Lists

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Crazy Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich, Suffolk.


Crazy Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich by Sophia Moles, February 2019

Many thanks to our friends Sophia and Karl Moles for sending over some snaps from their recent visit to the Miniature Golf course at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich.

Miniature Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich by Sophia Moles, February 2019

Minigolf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich by Sophia Moles, February 2019

Mini Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich by Sophia Moles, February 2019

We first visited the Suffolk Leisure Park minigolf course while it was under construction in December 2010. At that point the cups hadn't been cut out yet.

Crazy Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich

We played the course in May 2011.

Crazy Golf at Suffolk Leisure Park in Ipswich

Check out the Suffolk Leisure Park and Ski Centre website for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Ipswich
Sophia Moles
Karl Moles
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Courses visited by the Moles family:
- Adventure Golf at Pontins Pakefield
- Allhallows Leisure Holiday Park in Rochester
- Haven's Caister-on-Sea Holiday Park
- Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo in Arma, Italy

Link:
- Suffolk Leisure Park and Ski Centre

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Miniature Railway in Ipswich

Taking a look at the track layout at Ipswich Model Engineering Society.


We recently found out there's a Miniature Railway in Ipswich. Emily grew up in the town and we visit often, but never knew about it!


Last Sunday we popped along for a look. It was marvellous.

The station, bridge and signage at Ipswich Miniature Railway - wonderful

Hopefully we'll be able to coincide a future visit to the town with one of the Ipswich Model Engineering Society open days.

We had a nice chat with one of the club members who told us about the history of the club and track layouts. Ipswich Model Engineering  



Ipswich Miniature Railway

Ipswich Miniature Railway

Ipswich Miniature Railway

Miniature Railway in Ipswich

Check out the Ipswich Model Engineering Society website and Facebook group for more info.

Miniature Railway in Ipswich
You can find the Miniature Railway tucked away down this path off Foxhall Road

Related blog posts:
- Miniature Railways
- Ipswich

Munch Mart in Ipswich

We spotted what looked like Pac-Man on a shop sign while driving along Nacton Road in Ipswich last weekend! We had to stop to get a snap of it.

Munch Mart in Ipswich
That's not Pac-Man!

Monday, August 21, 2017

Crazy Golf course at the Ipswich Maritime Festival

My brother-in-law Rob Harper was at the Ipswich Maritime Festival over the weekend and spotted they had a Crazy Golf course there! Minigolf courses certainly do pop up everywhere!

Crazy Golf course at the Ipswich Maritime Festival. Photo by Rob Harper, 20th August 2017
It looked like an interesting 9-hole layout - hole 7 appears to be Stonehenge!

Crazy Golf course at the Ipswich Maritime Festival. Photo by Rob Harper, 20th August 2017
Always nice to see a windmill on a Crazy Golf course

Crazy Golf course at the Ipswich Maritime Festival. Photo by Rob Harper, 20th August 2017
Not the Orwell Bridge

Related blog posts:
- Ipswich
- Crazy Golf

Saturday, September 12, 2015

World Pickled Egg Championships 2015

The fourth edition of the World Pickled Egg Championships will be taking place at The Brewery Tap pub in Ipswich, Suffolk on Saturday 10th October!

Photo of an egg
An unpickled egg that won me the World Egg Throwing Championships in 2012

The World Pickled Egg Championships (WPEC) is hosted by the pub and there are guidelines on how to enter your potentially prize winning egg in the prestigious contest in the latest newsletter from the pub.

The deadline for entries is midday on the 10th October, with celebrity judging taking place from 6pm and the winner announced at 7pm.

You can find The Brewery Tap on Cliff Road, Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0AT. It's a nice spot and they've got a dartboard there too.

As you can imagine, with a blog called The Ham & Egger Files I've got quite a few egg-related stories and posts! One of the highlights of my sporting career was when me and my mate Jas Kukielka became the World Alternative Games Egg Throwing Champions in 2012!

Photo from the World Alternative Games Egg Throwing Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells
A world championship winning throw of an egg in 2012

Links:
- The Brewery Tap website

Related blog posts:
- Ipswich
- Eggs
- Eggheads

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