Obstacle Golf at Hope Park in Keswick

A look at the Obstacle Golf course at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria.

We've just returned from a long weekend in the Lake District where we revisited some courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

One of them was the Obstacle Golf course at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria.

Obstacle Golf - aka Crazy Golf - at Hope Park. What a view!

There's also a grass Putting layout and a Pitch & Putt at Hope Park (and Boules) and there are some wonderful views of the Skiddaw mountain from the courses.

We visited the park back in April 2012 and played the Putting course on that occasion.

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

Mini Golf at Hope Park in Keswick

A visit to the miniature golf courses at Hope Park in Keswick, Cumbria.

Our mammoth minigolf roadtrip in April 2012 took us to Keswick in Cumbria and the three miniature golf courses at Hope Park.

Hitting and hoping at Hope Park in Keswick

The lovely weather meant the Obstacle Golf course was incredibly busy, with queues of people lining the course.



As we were pushed for time we had a game on the 18-hole Putting green where I picked up a one-shot victory over Emily 48 to 49. Although by the time we started playing our round we noticed the players thinning out on the Obstacle Golf. It's a course to return to in the future.

Obstacle Golf and Putting at Hope Park in Keswick

The courses were the 466th, 467th and 468th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, with the Putting course becoming the 288th played.

Emily tees-off at Hope Park

On the Putting Green

Emily Putting next to the Petanque piste

Lining up a Putting Green shot while hindered by an Obstacle Golf hole

A view of the miniature golf courses at Hope Park

Obstacle Golf in the foreground, then the Putting, with the Pitch & Putt in the distance

What a view

This looks like a tricky shot

A rocky hole

The Obstacle Golf course and part of the Putting Green next to it

A dogleg hole on the Obstacle Golf course

The Pitch & Putt course at Hope Park

Visit the Hope Park, Keswick website for more information. Looking on the site there is also a Petanque piste in the park.

Related blog posts:
- Visiting a further 49 Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in England and Scotland
- Unplayed Minigolf Courses on our Roadtrip to Scotland & Back
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
- Hope Park, Keswick website

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