Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea

A look back at playing the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day 2017.

You can find the course on Rhos Promenade

We began a holiday in North Wales at Colwyn Bay and Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day in 2017. To celebrate the occasion we teed-off on the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea.

Holing out on The Pirates Skull hole

The sign has a nice map of the course

Nice to see a windmill on the course

The Crazy Golf at the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea became the 462nd course played and 781st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The green of the windmill hole has a plateau on it too

In our match-up on the 9-hole course I won with a score of 31 to Emily's 34.

Playing out the windmill hole

Hole 3 - The Squid - is one of two holes on the course that has a choice of cups to aim for. A 'Kids' and an 'Adults' version - both were pretty tough!

The pirate ship on the 6th hole

 

Always nice to see some Crazy Golf advertising

The course has an excellent scorecard with a nice map of the layout.

The course map is a neat touch

The results of our round

Check out the Rhos Fynach website.

"Rules is Rules"

Pirates Island Adventure Golf at Norfolk Premier Golf in Blofield, Norfolk

A look at the Pirates Island Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Premier Golf in Blofield, Norfolk.

We swung by the 12-hole Pirates Island Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Premier Golf in Blofield, Norfolk on our East Anglian road-trip last month.

The course was the 971st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Pirates Island Adventure Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

It's always fun seeing minigolf vehicles

New minigolf course open in Hull

New pirate adventure golf course now open at East Park in Hull.

A new 9-hole pirate-themed crazy adventure golf course has opened at East Park in Hull.

Visit the East Park Pirate Golf Facebook page for more information.

Minigolf courses in Hull

As well as the new crazy adventure golf course at East Park you can play miniature golf at the Pirate Adventure Golf course at One Stop Golf and at the Putt Club indoor crazy golf course at TeamSport.

A Lost City Adventure Golf venue is also being built at St Stephen's shopping centre.

Hull has been on our to visit list for a few years and we look forward to heading there and playing the minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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A scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton

A look at a minigolf scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Steve Lovell for sending me this scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

He played a few rounds there pre-pandemic.

When we visited Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in May 2011 the two 9-hole courses were called The Aztec Trail & Blackbeard's Adventure. On the recent scorecard they are named Pirates Course and Aztec Course.

A view of the Aztec course from our visit in 2011

I always thought it was a curious mixture of two adventure golf themes as you tend to find one or other, rather than both together.

Putting on a pirate ship

The Aztec course was the 246th played and the Pirate course was number 247 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The holes leading to the ruins of an Aztec temple

For more information visit Blackbeard's Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.

We're looking forward to a return to the east coast resort that faces west in the future.

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Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

A look at the social distancing measures in place on the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean.

A view of the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean

The team at Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean have kindly sent over some photos of the social distancing measures in place on their course.

Find out more

For more information, opening times, booking details and prices visit the Pirate Island Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.

Playing Pirate Island Adventure Golf

We played at Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean back in October 2017. It doesn't seem that long ago!

Playing the course in 2017

We had a very close game on the tricky 12-hole course. Emily scored 37, while I shot a game winning 36.

The course was the 786th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to a total of 949 courses since September 2006.

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Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns

A look at the Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns.

Last April we revisited Stonham Barns in Suffolk to play the new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course.

In 2018 we'd called in to Stonham Barns Golf Park and seen the course under construction.

We've been to Stonham Barns a number of times before when visiting family in nearby Ipswich.

The old Crazy Golf course there was the 33rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in August 2007.

Playing the old Stonham Barns Crazy Golf course in 2013

The new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns Golf Park became the 506th we've played and was the 815th visited overall.

Adventure Golf at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering

There's a new indoor Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

While planning a route to Ipswich we checked out some potential stop-off points and saw there was a tenpin bowling centre in Kettering that is also home to a recently opened indoor Adventure Golf course.

The Pirates Cove themed Crazy Golf course is a 9-hole layout.

We're looking forward to checking it out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the New York Thunderbowl website for more information, opening times and prices.

Yarr, happy Talk Like a Pirate Day

Avast ye today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in Rhyl

Garr, we've sailed into many a Pirate Adventure Golf course on our voyages.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in Rhyl

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Pirates Bay Adventure Golf in Paignton, Devon

A look back at our visit to the Pirates Bay Adventure Golf course in Paignton, Devon.

During our summer holiday around the South West of England back in 2015 we visited 62 miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

One of those courses was Pirates Bay Adventure Golf in Paignton, Devon.

The course was the 619th visited on our travels.

 

  

Squeezing 62 courses into two-weeks was a BIG task and it wasn't possible to stop at, or play all of the Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses, or all the Putting Greens and Pitch & Putts we saw on the trip, or those we'd heard about beforehand.

It's always nice to see a sign pointing towards a course

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

Pirates Bay has two

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New Pirate Crazy Golf course at Berry Hill Park in Mansfield

There's a new Pirate Crazy Golf course at Berry Hill Park in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

A new Pirate Crazy Golf course has opened at the Berry Hill Park Café in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. It's open at weekends and during school holidays.

We've yet to visit Mansfield and are looking forward to a round on the new Pirate-themed course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf in Scarborough

A visit to the Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course in Scarborough.

During our weekend away in Scarborough, North Yorkshire we swung by the Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at the Sea Life Centre in the North Bay.

Unfortunately the weather and time were not on our side so we didn't get a chance to play the course.

The Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course was the 896th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We really enjoyed our trip and we're looking forward to a return visit to Scarborough in the future.

We have played Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf courses before, in Weymouth and in Blackpool. Back in 2008 I was the Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf Champion when I won the Weymouth Open.

Visit the Scarborough Sea Life Centre website for more information, opening times and prices.

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Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns

A visit to the Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns in Suffolk.

On Thursday 18th April we revisited Stonham Barns in Suffolk to play the new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course.

Last year we'd called in to Stonham Barns Golf Park and seen the course under construction.

We've been to Stonham Barns a number of times before when visiting family in nearby Ipswich. The old Crazy Golf course there was the 33rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in August 2007.

Emily on the 17th hole

The new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns Golf Park became the 506th we've played and was the 815th visited overall.

Emily playing hole 2

Almost a hole-in-one

In our minigolf match-up on the 18-hole Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course Emily scored the victory with a 41 to 50 shots scoreline.

Emily on one of the BIG minigolf holes

The Whale's Belly - the sign is right, we haven't been given that advice on our travels before!

Hole 8

Putting into the belly of the beast

Hole 10 is inside

Hole 11 is an elaborate affair

Hole 11

Emily in Smuggler's Jail with some skellingtons

Smuggler's Jail

Smuggler's Jail

I didn't hang on to my lead in our minigolf match-up

Putting into the jail

A former inmate?

The green of hole 17

The 18th

Here be treasure

Emily playing her last shot of the round

Is that a crocodile or an alligator?

Same question

We've now visited a total of 865 courses since September 2006. When we began there were around 600 courses in the UK. There are now more than 1,000!

Check out the Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course website for more information, opening times and prices.

Stonham Barns Golf Park is also home to a Mini-Foot Golf course and a Chip & Putt layout

The Mini-Foot Golf course

Links:
- Stonham Barns Golf Park
- Stonham Barns

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Videos:
- Hole-in-one at Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns - 1
- Hole-in-one at Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns - 2
- Hole-in-one at Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns - 3