Showing posts with label Plymouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plymouth. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2026
Pirates Cove Crazy Golf at Torvale Lodge in Brixton, Devon
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Spinners Mini Golf in Plymouth and Solihull
Two new Spinners Crazy Golf courses are opening this year.
The team at Spinners are opening two new venues in 2023.
Spinners Plymouth and Spinners Solihull will be new places for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Spinners has a course in Reading, Berkshire.
Check out the Spinners website for more information.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Woodland Adventure Golf at China Fleet Country Club in Saltash
A look at the new Woodland Adventure Golf course at China Fleet Country Club in Saltash, Plymouth.
My mate and minigolf rival Simon Brown hit up a new minigolf course over the weekend as he teed-off on the Woodland Adventure Golf course at China Fleet Country Club in Saltash, Plymouth.
The 18-hole adventure golf layout opened last year.
Check out the China Fleet Country Club website for more information, opening times and prices.
It'll be a new course for us to play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we return to Plymouth in the future.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Putting Course on Plymouth Hoe
A look back at our visit to the Putting course on Plymouth Hoe, 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.
Squeezing 62 course visits 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.
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Plymouth, Devon
A look back at our visit to the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course in Plymouth, 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 the Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Plymouth, Devon.
Squeezing 62 course visits 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.
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
New Paradise Island Adventure Golf course heading to Plymouth
There's a new Paradise Island Adventure Golf course opening in Plymouth.
Details of the new indoor adventure golf venue and the PIAG courses at Cheshire Oaks, Glasgow, Livingston, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby and Rushden Lakes can be found on the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website.
We're looking forward to a return visit to Plymouth on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We stayed in the port city during our tour of the South West of England in 2015.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Gluten Free in Plymouth
On our recent holiday in the South West of England we had a very nice time in Plymouth - especially as we were able to have a three-course meal together!
Ahead of our trip Emily and I had researched potential places to eat because dining out as a Coeliac can be a bl**dy nightmare. Thankfully we'd found at least two 100% gluten free places in Plymouth. One of which we'd booked a table at for dinner. We weren't disappointed.
The Galley is the restaurant part of the The Maritime Inn in The Barbican area of Plymouth and the food there is brilliant.
Check out the menu online - all of the food is freshly prepared and there is NO gluten in the food or kitchen. This meant I was able to try some of Emily's meal too. The BBQ Chicken Wings were great.
You can find The Galley at The Maritime Inn, 19 Southside Street, Barbican, Plymouth, PL1 2LD. The restaurant is open Tuesday to Sunday. Visit The Galley website for more information. The pub had a nice and friendly atmosphere and we enjoyed a few Gin & Tonics there after the meal.
We'd heard about The Galley from my fellow Coeliac Blogger Kevin Gollop's blog - Gluten Free by the Sea - the site is well worth a read and really good if you're heading down that way.
Earlier in the day I'd treated myself to a Chicken Pie and a Rocky Road Bar from The Ladybird Bakery in the Market. Another top tip from Kevin. I was well and truly stuffed by the end of the day - in a good way, which makes a change.
And elsewhere in the South West...
While we were away for a two week break I only managed to have nine hot meals. That's including breakfasts in the hotels and B&Bs we'd booked where breakfast was included (on these occasions I ordered the 'safe' option of boiled eggs - and even then my order was only right twice!?).
Other meals out included a very nice dinner at The Black Swan Inn in Swanage, a tasty late lunch in The Cobb Arms in Lyme Regis, takeaway fish & chips at Rockfish in Torquay and Brown's in Perranporth (and a horrific and eye-opening experience of how NOT to serve gluten free fish & chips in Dawlish - I didn't eat what I was served), and a meal out in Torquay (where I got glutened).
I did manage to find some gluten free pasties by Baked to Taste - in Dorset and Devon, but not in Cornwall!
There were some other places we noticed on the trip that had 'gluten free' options. But these were not safe for Coeliacs due to cross-contamination.
So it's absolutely marvellous when we find places that are really serious about serving safe (and tasty) gluten free food to people on strict and lifelong gluten free diets because of Coeliac Disease.
Links:
- Gluten Free by the Sea
- The Galley
- The Ladybird Bakery
- Coeliac UK
Related blog posts:
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac
- Funny things about being a Coeliac
Ahead of our trip Emily and I had researched potential places to eat because dining out as a Coeliac can be a bl**dy nightmare. Thankfully we'd found at least two 100% gluten free places in Plymouth. One of which we'd booked a table at for dinner. We weren't disappointed.
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| A happy Coeliac diner |
The Galley is the restaurant part of the The Maritime Inn in The Barbican area of Plymouth and the food there is brilliant.
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| The Crab Cakes were delicious |
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| The meal was finished off with the Homemade Profiterole - it was MASSIVE! |
Check out the menu online - all of the food is freshly prepared and there is NO gluten in the food or kitchen. This meant I was able to try some of Emily's meal too. The BBQ Chicken Wings were great.
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| The Galley gluten free restaurant in Plymouth gets the thumbs up from me |
You can find The Galley at The Maritime Inn, 19 Southside Street, Barbican, Plymouth, PL1 2LD. The restaurant is open Tuesday to Sunday. Visit The Galley website for more information. The pub had a nice and friendly atmosphere and we enjoyed a few Gin & Tonics there after the meal.
We'd heard about The Galley from my fellow Coeliac Blogger Kevin Gollop's blog - Gluten Free by the Sea - the site is well worth a read and really good if you're heading down that way.
Earlier in the day I'd treated myself to a Chicken Pie and a Rocky Road Bar from The Ladybird Bakery in the Market. Another top tip from Kevin. I was well and truly stuffed by the end of the day - in a good way, which makes a change.
And elsewhere in the South West...
While we were away for a two week break I only managed to have nine hot meals. That's including breakfasts in the hotels and B&Bs we'd booked where breakfast was included (on these occasions I ordered the 'safe' option of boiled eggs - and even then my order was only right twice!?).
Other meals out included a very nice dinner at The Black Swan Inn in Swanage, a tasty late lunch in The Cobb Arms in Lyme Regis, takeaway fish & chips at Rockfish in Torquay and Brown's in Perranporth (and a horrific and eye-opening experience of how NOT to serve gluten free fish & chips in Dawlish - I didn't eat what I was served), and a meal out in Torquay (where I got glutened).
I did manage to find some gluten free pasties by Baked to Taste - in Dorset and Devon, but not in Cornwall!
There were some other places we noticed on the trip that had 'gluten free' options. But these were not safe for Coeliacs due to cross-contamination.
So it's absolutely marvellous when we find places that are really serious about serving safe (and tasty) gluten free food to people on strict and lifelong gluten free diets because of Coeliac Disease.
Links:
- Gluten Free by the Sea
- The Galley
- The Ladybird Bakery
- Coeliac UK
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac
- Funny things about being a Coeliac
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
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