.JPG "Gutt Busters takeaway in Rugby, Warwickshire")
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Showing posts with label Roadtrip. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2014
If you're in Rugby, and you feel hungry, who you gonna call...
GUTT BUSTERS!
.JPG "Gutt Busters takeaway in Rugby, Warwickshire")
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Unplayed Minigolf Courses on our Roadtrip to Scotland & Back
Visits to 36 more Miniature Golf courses in England and Scotland.
Other Minigolf course locations we visited on our trip were in Bispham where we couldn't see the Putting Course that was supposed to be near Norbreck Station and North Berwick in Scotland where we found that the Crazy Golf course at The Lodge had been removed.
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour of England and Scotland in April 2012 saw us visit a total of 49 Miniature Golf course locations. Of these we managed to play thirteen of them. Unfortunately in Bispham, Fleetwood, Morecambe, Bowness-on-Windermere, Brockhole, Ambleside, Keswick, Maryport, Silloth-on-Solway, Helensburgh, Bannockburn, Stirling, Perth, St Andrews, Kirkaldy, North Berwick, Gullane, Dunbar, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Spittal and Sunderland we were unable to play the Minigolf courses there for one reason or another!
Below are a selection of photos from the course visits. You can see photos of the courses that we did play at a blog post here.
.JPG "Bispham - Queens Road Promenade - The Crazy Golf isn't there any more") |
| Bispham - Queens Road Promenade - The Crazy Golf isn't there any more |
.JPG "The Putting Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season") |
| The Putting Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season |
.JPG "The Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season") |
| The Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt Course at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham - not yet open for the season |
.JPG "Outside the Closed Minigolf Kiosk at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham") |
| Outside the Closed Minigolf Kiosk at Anchorsolme Park in Bispham |
.JPG "The Crazy Golf & Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season") |
| The Crazy Golf & Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season |
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season") |
| The Crazy Golf course in Fleetwood - not yet open for the season |
.JPG "We noticed the Crazy Golf course in Marine Hall Gardens in Fleetwood has been demolished since our last visit in 2009!") |
| We noticed the Crazy Golf course in Marine Hall Gardens in Fleetwood has been demolished since our last visit in 2009! The course that was there is just a stone's throw away from the other Crazy Golf course and Pitch & Putt, but we somehow managed to miss seeing them on our first visit to Fleetwood!? |
.JPG "Happy Mount Park in Morecambe - home to Crazy Golf and Putting Courses, but the Miniature Golf is no longer there") |
| Happy Mount Park in Morecambe - home to Crazy Golf and Putting Courses, but the Miniature Golf is no longer there |
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe") |
| The Crazy Golf course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe |
.JPG "The Putting Mini Golf course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe") |
| The Putting course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe |
.JPG "The Putting Green at Morecambe Golf Club - for Members only!") |
| The Putting Green at Morecambe Golf Club - for Members only! |
.JPG "The Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt course at Bowness-on-Windermere - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course on The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "The Putting course on The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere")
.JPG "Another locked gate visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf course at Brockhole used to be laid out all in one place. The Putting Course there wasn't yet open for the season")
.JPG "White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside - home to a Crazy Golf course, Putting Green and a Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt - we played the Crazy Golf")
.JPG "The Putting Green at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside")
.JPG "The Pitch & Putt Mini Golf at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside")
.JPG "The Obstacle Golf course at Keswick's Hope Park")
.JPG "The Pitch & Putt Mini Golf can be seen beyond the Putting Course at Keswick's Hope Park")
.JPG "The Swedish Felt Crazy Golf course at the Lake District Coast Aquarium in Maryport is open daily from 10am-5pm. We arrrived at 5.10pm!")
.JPG "The Crazy Golf on The Green in Silloth-on-Solway is no longer there. It looks to have recently been dug up!") |
| The Crazy Golf on The Green in Silloth-on-Solway is no longer there. It looks to have recently been dug up! |
.JPG "The Putting Green in Helensburgh, Scotland - not yet open for the season")
.JPG "Driving through Bannockburn towards Stirling we popped into Brucefields Family Golf Centre and found a Putting Course there") |
| Driving through Bannockburn towards Stirling we popped into Brucefields Family Golf Centre and found a Putting Course there |
.JPG "The Putting Course at South Inch Park in Perth wasn't yet open for the season on our visit") |
| The Putting Course at South Inch Park in Perth, Scotland wasn't yet open for the season on our visit |
.JPG "The Old Course Putting Green at St Andrews in Scotland is for 'Old Course' Players Only") |
| The Old Course Putting Green at St Andrews in Scotland is for 'Old Course' Players Only |
.JPG "The Bruce Embankment Putting Green wasn't open on our visit to St Andrews") |
| The Bruce Embankment Putting Green wasn't open on our visit to St Andrews |
.JPG "The Adventure Golf course at Jumpin Jacks Children's Adventure Play and Crazy Golf in Kirkaldy, Scotland is open until 6pm, we arrived after 6pm") |
| The Adventure Golf course at Jumpin Jacks Children's Adventure Play and Crazy Golf in Kirkaldy, Scotland is open until 6pm, we arrived after 6pm |
.JPG "The Putting at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy wasn't yet open for the season on our visit") |
| The Putting at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy wasn't yet open for the season on our visit |
.JPG "A sign at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy also said there was a Crazy Golf course there. We couldn't find one, but this are could be home to a portable type of course during the summer") |
| A sign at Beveridge Park in Kircaldy also said there was a Crazy Golf course there. We couldn't find one, but this are could be home to a portable type of course during the summer |
.JPG "While we played the East Links Putting Course in North Berwick, we ran out of time to play the West Links Mini Golf") |
| While we played the East Links Putting Course in North Berwick, we ran out of time to play the West Links Mini Golf |
.JPG "The 'Golf Town' of Gullane had a Childrens Golf Course - a miniature version of the larger Golf courses") |
| The 'Golf Town' of Gullane had a Childrens Golf Course - a miniature version of the larger Golf courses |
.JPG "Dunbar's Lauderdale Park no longer has a Crazy Golf course, but there were some funny looking ornaments in the gardens!") |
| Dunbar's Lauderdale Park no longer has a Crazy Golf course, but there were some funny looking ornaments in the gardens! |
.JPG "The Magdalene Fields Golf Club in Berwick-upon-Tweed is home to a Putting Course") |
| The Magdalene Fields Golf Club in Berwick-upon-Tweed is home to a Putting Course |
.JPG "On our visit to The Pavilion Amusements in Spittal, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Crazy Golf course wasn't yet open for the season") |
| On our visit to The Pavilion Amusements in Spittal, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Crazy Golf course wasn't yet open for the season |
.JPG "The last stop on our tour saw us not play the Crazy Golf course at St Marks Activity Gardenin Millfield, Sunderland as we couldn't find any staff to hire equipment from") |
| The last stop on our tour saw us not play the Crazy Golf course at St Marks Activity Garden in Millfield, Sunderland as we couldn't find any staff to hire equipment from |
Other Minigolf course locations we visited on our trip were in Bispham where we couldn't see the Putting Course that was supposed to be near Norbreck Station and North Berwick in Scotland where we found that the Crazy Golf course at The Lodge had been removed.
Related Blog Posts:
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Visiting a further 49 Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in England and Scotland
Exploring the north west of England, some of Scotland and the north east coast.
The latest leg on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour has seen us visit a further 49 miniature golf courses in England and Scotland bringing the total course location visits to date since September 2006 to 495!
Of the 49 courses we stopped at on our roadtrip we managed to play thirteen of them. Some of the courses were not yet open for the season, while others were either in a derelict state or had been demolished. A few of the courses we didn’t play were open, but unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to play them all.
The 1,178 mile roadtrip took us to Miniature Golf, Crazy Golf, Putting and Adventure Golf courses in Forton, Garstang, Bispham, Morecambe, Bowness-on-Windermere, Brockhole, Ambleside, Keswick, Maryport, Silloth-on-Solway, Carlisle, Helensburgh, Bannockburn, Perth, Broughty Ferry, St Andrews, Kirkaldy, Dunfermline, North Berwick, Gullane, Dunbar, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Spittal, Seahouses and Sunderland.
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| North West England, Scotland & North East England Tour Challenge - List of courses played (click to enlarge) |
On the trip Emily and I contested an Irregular Mini Golf Tour tournament played over 13 rounds and 201 different minigolf holes – the North West England, Scotland & North East England Tour Challenge. The competition was won by me with a total of 518 to Emily’s 554.
Our visit to St Andrews in Scotland also saw us visit and play the World’s First Miniature Golf course at The Himalayas Putting Course – a terrific minigolf location where there is a pair of testing courses – an 18 and a 9-hole Grass Putting layout.
With the 49 Minigolf/Crazy Golf/Adventure Golf/Putting courses taken in on our journey we have now made 495 course location visits since 2006 and played 297 courses!
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| Richard and Humpty on the Crazy Golf course in Carlisle |
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| Richard plays a shot on the Broughty Ferry Crazy Golf course |
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| Richard plays a shot on the 9-hole Himalayas Putting Course in St Andrews |
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| Emily on Hole 17 at Adventure Golf Island in Dunfermline |
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| Richard on the East Links Putting course in North Berwick |
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| Richard on the Crazy Golf course in a very wet and cold Seahouses |
According to the excellent Miniature Golf resource – MiniatureGolfer.com – there are 57 miniature golf courses in Scotland (and 618 in the UK) and in the few days we had available we managed to visit 20 courses there. We also spotted a few new unlisted courses in England and Scotland that can be added for future visits and visitors.
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Unplayed Minigolf Courses on our Roadtrip to Scotland & Back
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- Unplayed Minigolf Courses on our Roadtrip to Scotland & Back
Like the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Facebook, check out our YouTube channel and follow me and Emily on Twitter.
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
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