Coney Island Carnival Golf at Volcano Falls in Milton Keynes

Playing Volcano Falls Adventure Golf Coney Island Carnival Golf course in Milton Keynes.

Emily played the Coney Island Carnival Golf at Volcano Falls Adventure Golf at Xscape in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire earlier this month.

The course is one of three indoor courses at the venue along with the Tropicana Beach Club course and the Volcano Valley layout.

Coney Island Carnival Golf at Volcano Falls became the 576th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was the 1,034th visited when we swung by last October.

You can find Volcano Falls Adventure Golf venues in Milton Keynes, Castleford and Edinburgh.

Check out the Volcano Falls Adventure Golf website for more information.

Photos of the Coney Island Carnival Golf course at Volcano Falls Adventure Golf at Xscape in Milton Keynes.

Charity Crazy Golf course at Woburn Sands Emporium

A look back at our visit to the Charity Crazy Golf course at Woburn Sands Emporium in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

Charity Crazy Golf at Woburn Sands Emporium

Last year we heard that the Woburn Sands Emporium garden centre was home to a Charity Crazy Golf course, so we had to head along for a game when next in the area.

A view of the course from hole 1

The hut

The scarecrow proprietor

It's always fun playing a minigolf course we didn't previously know about. And excellent when it's a unique layout.

Emily tees-off

The Crazy Golf course at Woburn Sands Emporium certainly was different, and it was fun to play the 7-hole course!

Emily on hole 5

Emily playing the windmill hole 3

The Charity Crazy Golf at Woburn Sands Emporium was the 1,037th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A combined 1,037 miniature golf courses visited

A view of the course from hole 7 (the flag is from when the course had 9 holes)

In our minigolf match I took the win with a score of 17 to Emily's 18. It had been close for the first six holes, with Emily ahead by one shot. But the final hole was a round wrecker and game killer. Emily played first and shot a 6, while I was able to hit a 4 and take the win.

Playing hole 6

Photos of the 7-hole Crazy Golf course at Woburn Sands Emporium (October 2023)

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Visit the Woburn Sands Emporium website for more information about the course and the garden centre's charity partners. It's an excellent garden centre with plenty to see and do there.

New Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

A new Adventure Golf course has been created at Willen Lake in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

The new 12-hole wildlife-themed outdoor layout is opening at Willen Lake on Saturday 13th July.

Find out more on the Willen Lake website.

We played the previous 9-hole Adventure Golf course at Willen Lake on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour way back in July 2007!

Toys R Us at The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes

A visit to the old Toys R Us store at The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

We took a look at the former Toys R Us store at The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes while on our way back from a trip to Luton in June 2021.

A lot of visible signage was still on display at the old store, including a nice sign in the car park. It's always interesting to see the variety of branding employed by Toys R Us over the years.

Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018.

It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.

My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.

Emily recently passed by this store and noticed the signage was still up.

Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:

• Brighton Hill Retail Park in Basingstoke
• Central Retail Park in Manchester
• Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich
• Deepdale shopping centre in Preston
• Festival retail park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
• Gateway retail park in Reading
• Gemini Retail Park in Warrington
• Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich
• St James Retail Park in Northampton
• Teesside Retail Park in Stockton-on-Tees
• The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes
• Western Esplanade in Southampton
• Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury
• Wyvern Retail Park in Derby

Mini Golf at Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort in Milton Keynes

A look at the Mini Golf course at Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

My brother Christopher and his family visited Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort in Milton Keynes and sent these snaps of the mini golf course there.

The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now at 1,090 courses visited since September 2006!

Check out the Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort website for more information.