Bench at the end of Saint Annes Pier

As well as having a Crazy Golf course at the end of Saint Annes Pier there is a wide bench to have a nice sit down on.

The sea always seems to be a long way away in Saint Annes on the Sea

The view looks back towards the rest of the pier and the seafront itself, rather than out to sea.

Behind this fence there is a Crazy Golf course

A view to the left

And to the right

Over the left shoulder

And a turn to the right

Just before you head out on the deck to walk to the end of the pier there's another bench to have a sit down on. Nice to see the Crazy Golf course advertised at this point too

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- Bench
- Crazy Golf at Saint Annes Pier

Revisiting Hastings Pier

We recently visited Hastings for the first time since 2015 and it was great to have a walk on the new pier. We'd only ever been on it once before back in 2008.

We were really impressed with what has been built following the fire which almost totally destroyed it in 2010.

A view of the new pier from White Rock Gardens

The end of the pier is a nice wide-open space. We've visited a lot of piers on our travels and Hastings Pier is certainly different to most

A pair of Minions on the pier

We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!

There was a lot of knitted bunting

Having a nice sit down next to a mermaid

  

A knitted beach hut

The knitting got almost everywhere

One of the un-yarn bombed benches at the end of the pier

While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot

Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver

Visit the Hastings Pier website for more information.

The end of Felixstowe Pier...and the new one

Taking a look at the building of the new pier in Felixstowe.

Last weekend we visited the seaside town of Felixstowe in Suffolk. It's probably our most visited seaside as we take a trip there pretty much every time we go back to Ipswich to visit friends and family. On this occasion we had a look at the pier as it's undergoing a great deal of redevelopment!

How the pier looked in January 2015.

The pier entrance building in May 2011.

And in December 2011.

On our visit last year we walked UNDER the pier for the first time and saw this ominous message!

The new pier is scheduled to reopen in August 2017. It'll be interesting to see how it differs to the old one.

Check out our other blog posts about Felixstowe.

Crazy Golf at the Pier Head in Liverpool

Visiting the 699th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On Saturday 10th September we visited the 12-hole Crazy Golf course at the Pier Head in Liverpool.

It became the 699th miniature golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since we began our travels on the 30th September 2006.

At course number 699

It's a fun layout - made tricky by the use of regular bouncy golf balls - and had some interesting obstacles.

An interesting place to park a London bus

It was similar in style to the courses we've played in Brockhole and Torquay. And a bit like the course in Ayr as decking had been used for some of the holes.

The course became the 410th played overall and at £3 per player it was a good price for some fun minigolf.

Now we roll on to the 700th course. Who knows where it'll be!

Related blog posts:
- Liverpool
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Video:
- Playing hole 7

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Minigolf at Liverpool Golf Centre

Playing two miniature golf courses at the Liverpool Golf Centre.

On Saturday 10th September we headed to Liverpool and the Liverpool Golf Centre & Driving Range where we added two more courses to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The 9-hole short game Putting course and 9-hole Mini Golf layout were great fun and a good challenge.

The Putting Green was the first course we played on the visit and became the 697th and 407th course played since our travels began in September 2006.

I enjoyed hitting two holes-in-one during our round. Always pleasing on a Putting course.

The Mini Golf course is a real challenge of Putting skill as the holes were borderless.

We received a nice welcome from the golf pro on the till when we arrived and enjoyed a couple of rounds on the two courses.

The Liverpool Golf Centre has a great weather vane

Visit the Liverpool Golf Centre & Driving Range website for more information.

Related blog posts:
- Liverpool
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Videos:
- Mini Golf at Liverpool Golf Centre - hole 1
- Mini Golf at Liverpool Golf Centre - hole 4
- Mini Golf at Liverpool Golf Centre - hole 8
- Mini Golf at Liverpool Golf Centre - hole 9
- Putting Green Mini Golf at Liverpool Golf Centre - hole-in-one

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