National Windmill Day

Today is National Windmill Day - and National Miniature Golf Day.

The windmill hole on the grass putting miniature golf course at the Palm Bay Café in Cliftonville, Margate back in 2007

As with National Miniature Golf Day, National Windmill Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of May each year.

Playing a windmill hole in Skegness on a previous National Miniature Golf Day

Windmills are a familiar sight on minigolf courses around the world. We've played a fair few on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years.

Emily playing a windmill hole at the Rhos Fynach Crazy Golf course on Miniature Golf Day in 2017

A Dutch-themed hole at Glo-Golf indoor Crazy Golf at the Riverside Bowl in Andover

Playing the windmill hole on the Crazy Golf course at Penwith Pitch & Putt in Cornwall 

Happy National Dice Day

Today is National Dice Day.

Crazy Golf at Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Southampton

We've rolled through a few dicey obstacles on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

All of them made by the team at DK Fibreglass.

Crazy Golf at the Vegas Amusements in Hunstanton

Crazy Golf course at Ancaster Karting in Grantham

  

Crazy Golf at Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Southampton

Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton

Crazy Golf at the Merrivale in Great Yarmouth

Crazy Golf at Verulamium Park in St Albans

Check out the National Day Calendar website for more information on National Dice Day.

Blast off!

A look at some of the minigolf rocket-ship obstacles we've seen on our travels.

We've seen some quirky rocket-ships on our Crazy World of Minigolf Golf Tour travels.

Have you seen any interesting rocket obstacles on a course? Do let us know.

Lift off!

A look at some of the minigolf rocket-ships we've seen on our travels.

We've seen some interesting rocket-ships on our Crazy World of Minigolf Golf Tour.

Clockwise from top left - rocket obstacles at Ilfracombe, Southport, Canvey Island, Skegness, Southport and Prestatyn

Do let us know if you've seen any quirky, unusual or fun minigolf rockets.

Minigolf Rockets

A look at some rocket obstacles from our Crazy Golf travels.

Putting through the rocket at Prestatyn Crazy Golf

My recent blog post about the Crazy Golf course in Ilfracombe included some snaps of one of the most unique rocket obstacles we've seen on a course.

What a ship!

It looked like quite a tricky hole to play

The green in Ilfracombe

It reminded me we'd also see another quirky rocket-ship on the Crazy Golf course at Hesketh Park in Southport.

The rocket-ship in Southport

It looks like it's been on some tough missions!

But the none of the rockets have anything on the one we saw at the Crazy Golf course on Canvey Island in 2009!

The rocket is listing more than it is lifting off!

My favourite rocket obstacle is the nice one on hole 6 at the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn.

Hole 6 at Prestatyn Crazy Golf

The Original Crazy Golf on South Parade in Skegness is home to a very angular rocket. That hole is also number six.

Probably not the first minigolf rocket obstacle, but it is on a hole on the site of England's first Crazy Golf course

There's a rocket on The Masters Crazy Golf course in Southport too.

A rocket obstacle on the popular Southport Crazy Golf course

We haven't played that many space-themed courses on our travels, mostly because there aren't a lot of them.

Gravitee Golf in Oxford is one of the few space-themed minigolf courses in the UK

Have you seen an interesting rocket obstacle on a miniature golf course? Are they your favourite type of obstacle? Do let us know.

Emily playing the rocket hole on the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Whitby

Humpty

Humpty Crazy Golf obstacles spotted on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour 2007-2017!

Humpty at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Travelling around as many Miniature Golf courses as we do it's inevitable that the same obstacle will be seen over and over again. One of these characters is 'Humpty', who we have spotted at ten courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour! 

Humpty and me at Verulamium Park's Crazy Golf course in St Albans in 2007

Me and Humpty at the Lytham St Anne's Crazy Golf course in 2008

Me and Humpty at the Riverside Gardens Minigolf course in Maidenhead in 2009

Humpty and me at Tywyn Leisure Park on Marine Parade in Tywyn, Wales in 2009

Humpty and me at the Merrivale Model Village Crazy Golf course in Great Yarmouth in 2011

Humpty and me on the Crazy Golf course at Carlisle's Bitts Park in 2012

Humpty and me at Bainland Country Park's Crazy Golf course in Woodhall Spa in  2011

Playing the Humpty obstacle on the Crazy Golf course at the Vegas Amusement Arcade in Hunstanton in  2011

Me and the latest Humpty we've spotted at The Grove Park Crazy Golf course in Carshalton in 2013

If you know of any Miniature Golf courses with a Humpty on it do let us know!

On our travels around the UK we've found a number of courses with a Humpty on it. The obstacles and some of the courses themselves come from Minigolf course supplier DK Fibreglass. Check out the DK Fibreglass website for details of the range of Mini and Crazy Golf courses they offer and the novelty hazards they can supply. DK Fibreglass supplied the Crazy Golf course that is in Luton's Wardown Park, sadly it hasn't got a Humpty on it.

There are also some Octopus 'characters' on the DK Fibreglass Crazy Golf courses and we've spotted these in Eglwyswrw, Llanrhystud, Knaresborough, Smeeth and Wigan!

Me and an Octopus with a hat on at the Conyngham Hall Crazy Golf course in Knaresborough in 2010

Related Blog Posts:

- Crazy Golf at Verulamium Park in St Albans, Hertfordshire

- Crazy Golf at Lytham St Anne's

- Minigolf at Riverside Gardens in Maidenhead
- Minigolf at Tywyn Leisure Park

- Crazy Golf at Bitts Park in Carlisle

- 5 Star Crazy Golf at Bainland Country Park in Woodhall Spa

- Crazy Golf at the Vegas Amusement Arcade in Hunstanton

- Crazy Golf at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth

- Crazy Golf at The Grove Park in Carshalton
- Crazy Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date

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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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