New mini golf holes at Wimborne Model Town in Dorset

Wimborne Model Town in Wimborne, Dorset has added three new holes to its mini golf course.

The model village is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.

Check out the Wimborne Model Town website for more information.

We do enjoy visiting model villages on our travels, but haven't been to Wimborne Model Town. Yet.

It'll be nice to tick off the model village and minigolf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

Crazy Golf at Babbacombe Model Village

There's a new Crazy Golf course at Babbacombe Model Village in Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon.

The 9-hole outdoor layout is a Swedish Felt-style course.

Check out the Babbacombe Model Village website for more information.

It's another new place to play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Minigolf at the Devon Railway Centre and Model World in Bickleigh

Finding a mini miniature golf course in Bickleigh, Tiverton.

My brother and his family were recently down in Devon and swung by the Devon Railway Centre on one of the days of their trip. Sadly the venue wasn't open at that time, but they did return later in the week when it was as there's a crazy golf course there too.

Unfortunately the course was so busy while they were there they didn't get to have a game, but they did find this superb and very mini crazy golf in the model world part of the centre!

Visit the Devon Railway Centre and Model World website for more information.

The Crazy Golf course at the Devon Railway Centre counts as a visit - even though it wasn't played - and the model course is at least half a visit too. This means the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list of courses visited since September 2006 now stands at 998.5!

Crazy Golf at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth

My brother, and charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, Christopher was recently in Great Yarmouth and sent me this snap of the sign at Merrivale Model Village as it includes Crazy Golf.

We played the course in August 2011. Time certainly flies!

The Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk is well worth a visit.

We're looking forward to our next trip to the seaside town.

Amaze Miniature Park and a model village of Abingdon

Abingdon in Miniature and a minigolf course.

My mum and dad read about a model village in Australia based on Abingdon in Wednesday's Oxford Mail. Amaze Miniature Park in Western Australia also has a minigolf course.

Among the town landmarks featured at Amaze Miniature Park are the County Hall Museum (from which buns are thrown on special occasions), St Nicholas Church and the Old Anchor Inn.

Abingdon's County Hall and Museum during the last Bun Throwing

I grew up in Abingdon (renamed Abingdon-on-Thames in February 2012) and always revisit the town to take part in the Bun Throwing spectacle.

Check out the story about Amaze Miniature Park (formerly Abingdon Miniature Village) near Mandurah in Western Australia on the Oxford Mail website.

It's funny that Amaze Miniature Park has a minigolf course too as the Crazy Golf course in Abingdon's Abbey Meadows closed at the end of last season following many many years of use.

A photo taken on my very last visit to the very first Crazy Golf course I ever played

Emily has played the Glow Golf indoor minigolf course in Melbourne, Australia. If we both visit the country in the future we'll have to visit Amaze Miniature Park.

Links:
- Amaze Miniature Park
- World of Bun Throwing

Related blog posts:
- Abingdon
- Australia
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Model Village
- Last visit to Abingdon's Crazy Golf course
- Photos of Abingdon's Crazy Golf course
- Crazy Golf in Abingdon, Oxfordshire

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A visit to the Lakeside Miniature Railway in Southport

Lakeside Miniature Railway in Southport.

We'd forgotten there was a miniature railway in Southport, so it was a nice surprise to see it when we parked up near to Marine Parade Station next to the pier.

Marine Parade Station

Unfortunately we were just on the wrong side of the season to have a ride on it.

The larger of the two stations on the Lakeside Miniature Railway

The trains on the Lakeside Miniature Railway run from the Marine Parade Station alongside the pier, passed the BMX and skate park, near to the Pitch & Putt course and the beside the lakes as it makes its way to the Pleasureland station. We had a nice walk along the route.

Passing under the pier

I do like to see writing on a roof

Pleasureland terminus

A park bench at Pleasureland station

Another view of the bench at the station

We also spotted there's a Model Railway Village in Southport. Unfortunately the last day of the season there was the week before too.

The Model Railway Village in Southport

We did have a great time promenading in the seaside town and got to play and revisit the Crazy Golf courses there, as well as have a drink in the Smallest Pub in Britain!

Links:
- Lakeside Miniature Railway
- Southport Model Railway Village

Related blog posts:
- Southport
- Miniature Railway

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Merrivale in Great Yarmouth - Model Village, Crazy Golf, Gluten Free Food and an Old Arcade Museum!

A trip to Great Yarmouth uncovered a great spot for Crazy Golf, Gluten Free Food and more!

On Sunday 7th August 2011 Emily and I visited the Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth. It was the first Model Village we'd been to together, and the first visited in years. On our Lincolnshire roadtrip earlier this year the Model Village in Skegness wasn't open, and on the 5th of June this year we also visited Great Yarmouth, however on that occasion the Model Village had already closed for the day.

As well as the Model Village, there is also an Old Penny Arcade Museum, a 'modern' amusement arcade, and a great Tea Room that serves an extensive menu of Gluten Free items!

And there's a Crazy Golf course there too, with Free Play included in the ticket price for the Model Village!

Perfect.

Photos of the Merrivale Model Village

A miniature Golf Course

A Police Station and Crime Scene

A Miniature Great Yarmouth Stadium

One of the adverts in the miniature stadium was advertising the Crazy Golf course!

Some Morris Dancing

A fun fair

A Shooting Shack on the miniature fun fair

The 9-hole Crazy Golf was the 265th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and in our match Emily and I tied on scores of 22(+4).

Richard & Humpty

The menu at the Merrivale Tea Rooms shows lots of items marked ‘GF’ and when ordering we found out that other dishes could be adapted if necessary. The Gluten Free cakes, pies and pastries etc. were home made, and all of the cooking was done in separate cookers/fryers, meaning I was able to have Fish & Chips (which was also served with a good side-salad and lots of peas), it was a very big portion indeed.

As there were so many GF options available I was greedy and also ordered the Mushroom, Potato, Tomato and Onion Pasty, which was very well made and very very tasty.

Richard attempting to scoff a Pasty AND a big portion of Fish & Chips!

After our food had settled we headed off for a paddle in the sea and a wander around the Pleasure Beach and then went back to the Merrivale Tea Rooms for a Cake. The choice again was huge and I opted for the Chocolate Cake.

It made our trip to Great Yarmouth extra special to visit such a nice Tea Room, with excellent service and a wide-range of GF options! It was such a pleasant spot to have a nice lunch.

The Merrivale Tea Rooms were established in 1903 and this year won the Tea Room of the Year Award! Well deserved indeed.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Great Yarmouth
- Gluten free

Links:
- Merrivale Model Village
- Merrivale Tea Rooms

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