Showing posts with label Pirate Adventure Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pirate Adventure Golf. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl

Playing the new Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl.


Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl

On Saturday 23rd September we visited the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl. What a brilliant minigolf course it is!

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Dueling pirates and a huge octopus. That's how we roll

At the start of our holiday we'd stayed in Llandudno and while having a walk on the pier we'd spotted a poster advertising the new Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park. As part of our break would be in Prestatyn we could look forward to adding another course to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
About to ace the second hole

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Emily shooting a hole in one on the second

Over the last eleven years we've visited more than 780 miniature golf courses. While some of these courses look similar they certainly don't all play the same way. Luckily for us the layout at the Robin Hood Caravan Park in Rhyl was a dream to play. It's brilliant that after all the years we've been playing we can still find new and unique courses that are also brilliant FUN to play.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
X marks the spot

The 18-hole Pirate-themed Adventure Golf course has some eye-catching features - from a great white shark to a huge octopus and a large pirate ship - and plenty of humps, bumps, lumps and obstacles around each hole. Plus there is great pirate music playing as you make your way around the course.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
The holes are long, challenging and reward good tee shots

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Emily putting at Pirate Island

One of the things that made the course really playable was the fact that even though it was technically borderless, the high sides of the greens meant you could play some strong shots and rebounds off obstacles without fear that the ball would run out of play.



In our match-up on the course I won with a score of 33 - hitting 5 holes-in-one. Emily shot a round of 40, with 3 holes-in-one. We asked the man in the hut what the lowest score was and he said we were the first to ask (and tell him what we'd got). That means the course record MUST be my 33! Let me know if you can better it...

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Happy to top the 'podium'

Our game was very good value at £5 for an 18-hole round and we'll be back to play it again.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
The sight that greets you as you approach the 18th green

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Always great to see a BIG shark on a minigolf course

Visit the Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park website for more details, opening times and prices.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl
Pirate Island Adventure Golf gets a thumbs-up from us

Links:
- Lyons Holiday Parks website
- Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park website
- Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Adventure Golf
- Holiday Camp
- Rhyl

Video:
- Pirate Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park in Rhyl

Sunday, October 01, 2017

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course in Guernsey

A look at the new Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course at St Peter Port, Guernsey.


Pirate Bay Adventure Golf in Guernsey. Photo by Simon Dewhurst 14th September 2017
That's a BIG minigolf volcano!

Many thanks to fellow Crazy Golf adventurer Simon Dewhurst for sending over some pics from his visit to the new Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course at St Peter Port, Guernsey.

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf in Guernsey. Photo by Simon Dewhurst 14th September 2017
The first guillotine I've ever seen on a minigolf course!

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf in Guernsey. Photo by Simon Dewhurst 14th September 2017
No wonder there's a graveyard on the course!

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf in Guernsey. Photo by Simon Dewhurst 14th September 2017
There's a raft on the layout

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf in Guernsey. Photo by Simon Dewhurst 14th September 2017
One of the pirate characters on the course

Visit the Pirate Bay Adventure Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

We're looking forward to a future visit to Pirate's Bay Adventure Golf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Monday, June 19, 2017

New Pirate Adventure Golf course heading to Bents Garden and Home

Second course set to open at Bents Garden and Home in 2018.


The Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf course at Bents Garden and Home has proven to be incredibly popular. So much so that a new Pirate-themed minigolf course will be opening there next Spring!

The Adventure Golf course at Bents Garden and Home has proven to be incredibly popular. So much so that a new Pirate-themed minigolf course will be opening there next Spring!
The second 9-hole course will be a pirate-themed one

Check out the blog post from Emily's recent Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to the Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf course.

Emily in action on the dinosaur-themed course at Bents Garden and Home

Visit the Bents Garden and Home website for more information.

Link:
Bents Garden and Home

Related blog posts:
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Adventure Golf at Bents Garden and Home
Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf at Bents Garden and Home in Glazebury

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf in Littlehampton

Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf reopening in Littlehampton.


The team at ISS Lifestyle have got in touch to tell me the refurbished Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton is reopening at 11am on Tuesday 11th April. The course is now pirate-themed and called Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf.

The Grand Reopening of Buccaneer Bay Adventure Golf in Littlehampton takes place on Tuesday 11th April

The course became the 381st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we visited Littlehampton in July 2015. I'd first visited the course out of season in 2012.

Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton
Norfolk Gardens had one of the longest minigolf holes we've played on our travels!

Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton
The green of the very looooooooooooooong hole at Norfolk Gardens

Over the last few months the team at HM Adventure Golf have given the course a substantial and piratey makeover.

Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens in Littlehampton
Playing the Norfolk Gardens Adventure Golf course in Littlehampton

Littlehampton has some brilliant places to play minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, grass putting and Pit-Pat. So it's great to see investment in leisure facilities.

Check out the ISS Lifestyle and HM Adventure Golf websites for more information.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf in Blackpool

A revisit to the indoor Adventure Golf course on the promenade in Blackpool.


While visiting Blackpool in October we swung by the indoor Adventure Golf course on the promenade. When we played the course in 2009 it was called Golden Isle Adventure Golf.

Merlin Pirate Aventure Mini Golf at the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool

It's now operated by Merlin and called Pirate Adventure Mini Golf - the same as the outdoor course at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth. Both courses are attached to the Sea Life Centres.

Merlin Pirate Aventure Mini Golf at the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool
There's a MASSIVE minigolf octopus on the course!

The course was proving popular on our visit which was good to see. Check out the Merlin Pirate Aventure Mini Golf course website for more information on prices and opening times.

Merlin Pirate Aventure Mini Golf at the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool

Link:
- Merlin Pirate Aventure Mini Golf website

Related blog posts:
- Blackpool
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf Course Visit No. 151 - Blackpool, Golden Isle Indoor Adventure Golf
- Indoor Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses in and around Blackpool

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Shanklin Seafront Pirates Adventure Golf

Visiting the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront.


When we arrived at Shanklin Seafront we were faced with a dilemma as we only had time to play one of the two miniature golf courses before they closed for the day. We opted to give the renovated Crazy Golf course a go and leave the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course until the next time we visit.

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront
  
Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront

The Pirate Adventure Golf course was built on the spot where a grass Putting Green used to be. When we visited Shanklin in 2008 the two course layouts were very different.

Shanklin Seafront minigolf courses in 2008
Shanklin Seafront minigolf courses in 2008

The Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course on Shanklin Seafront became the 708th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

For opening times and prices check out the Shanklin Seafront website.

We also spotted a Shark at the amusement park next to the minigolf courses on Shanklin Seafront
We also spotted a Shark at the amusement park next to the minigolf courses

Shanklin Seafront amusement park
And an alligator (or crocodile)

Related blog posts:
Isle of Wight
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
Shanklin Seafront website

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Friday, December 09, 2016

Pirate Adventure Golf in Ryde

Revisiting the Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde.


The first minigolf course visited on our trip to the Isle of Wight in October was the Adventure Golf course at Peter Pan's Funfair and Amusements on the Esplanade in Ryde. As we were on the isle slightly out of season we weren't expecting all of the courses to be open for a game.

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
A BIG minigolf skull. And Mr Bump

We also weren't expecting to see the course quite as flooded as it was! We'd clearly escaped being thoroughly drenched while on the hovercraft over from Southsea.

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
Floody hell!

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
Good luck teeing off

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
I believe there's a skellington in a cell in that tunnel

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
An even trickier uphill shot now

Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde
The course still looks to be in great condition

The Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde was the 68th course visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2009.

Related blog posts:
- Ryde

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Sunday, February 07, 2016

Mr Mulligan's Pirate Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

Revisiting Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf course in Milton Keynes.

A view of the tremendous facility

On Tuesday 2nd February I played my first round of miniature golf of the year as I swung into action against my old minigolf rival Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley at Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf course at the Abbey Hill Golf Centre in Milton Keynes.

Playing through the cannon

Marc in the ship on hole 1

The game was a rematch from our first round at the tremendous facility in December 2011.

A criminal element on the course

This time the score was not as close, as I picked up the win with a score of 47 to Marc's 60. March had been royally robbed on the 9th hole as he scored a dreadful seven. A couple of other jiffs on his scorecard, caused in no small part to his ridiculous 'tactic' of only playing the ball "to the right" on every single hole, meant 'The Roller' added another silver medal to his collection.

Unfortunately the rafts were out of action rendering the island hole unplayable

Visit Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf website for details of the course, opening times and prices. You can also find out about other Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf courses in Castleford, Nottingham and Woking. We've played at Castleford and Woking, but are yet to get to the Ramsdale Park Golf Centre course. There's a pair of new Mr Mulligan Adventure Golf courses opening in Stevenage, Hertfordshire this year too.

Related blog posts:
- Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf in Milton Keynes
Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Abbey Hill Golf Centre, Milton Keynes - Minigolf Course Played #281
Milton Keynes
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:
Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf website
Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf, Milton Keynes website
Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf on the Abbey Hill Golf Centre website

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Monday, October 26, 2015

666 - the mark of the...

...666th course visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

Earlier this year we visted the seaside town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire. While our stop in the town was only a short one on this occasion we did manage to play a couple of rounds of minigolf.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Emily about to ace the 1st hole

Walking along the esplanade we spotted the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course. You can't really miss it as the stern of the pirate galleon is certainly quite a sight jutting out as it does from the row of shopfronts!

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington is very well themed

Emily was on a real roll in Bridlington, scoring five holes-in-one in a row between the previous course we played at North Marine Gardens and the first two holes at Treasure Island!

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Skellingtons and skulls on hole 2

I managed to get the win 19 to 24 in our match-up on the ten-hole layout, with a six on the 8th hole doing Emily in while I scored an ace.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
On the 3rd hole

The Treasure Island Adventure Golf course was the 384th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Emily aced the Volcano. I did not

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Thar be treasure

My victory wasn't all plain sailing though as I got locked up early in the round and had to play a shot out of a prison cell!

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
What an obstacle

Treasure Island in Bridlington is also home to a Pirate Golf Walk. We weren't too scared to go in, it was just that unfortunately we didn't have time to have a wander around it this time.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
The walls have eyes!

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
Hole 8 and the caves of the course

We really enjoyed our visit to Bridlington and will definitely be returning for more seaside fun and games in the town.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Bridlington
A view of the 9th (the 10th hole is a very short 'Lucky' last hole)

Links:
- Treasure Island Adventure Golf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses
- Bridlington

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