Adventure Golf at Victoria Park in Bath

A look back at our visit to the Adventure Golf course at Victoria Park in Bath.

On our holiday in Somerset back in November 2012 we had a round on the Victoria Falls Adventure Golf course at Victoria Park in Bath.

The 18-hole course was the 309th played and 513th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the course website for more information.

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- Minigolfing in Bath, Wookey Hole, Cheddar and Brean (but not Bristol)
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Somerset

Monorails and Minigolf at Butlin's Minehead

A look back at the Monorails and Minigolf course at Butlin's Somerwest World holiday camp in Minehead.

My brother Christopher was recently looking through some old family photos and spotted this snap of us riding the monorail at Butlin's Minehead back in the early 90's.

Riding the Tango branded Monorail at Butlin's Minehead in the early 1990's

My family holidayed at the camp a number of times in the late 80's and early 90's and I've got brilliant memories of the monorail, funfair, laser tag and arcades there. It's little wonder that even now I'm such a big fan of the British seaside, monorails, crazy golf and video-games.

Emily and I also had one of our first holidays together at the camp in 2004 and we remember playing the Arnold Palmer Putting Course you can see in the postcard below. This card is from the time the camp was known as Butlin's Somerwest World from 1987 to 1999. Sadly we haven't got any photos of us from our pre-Crazy World of Minigolf Tour game on the course.

A Butlin's Holidays postcard of Somerwest World. Postally unused. Undated

While looking at the history of Butlin's for a feature in Picture Postcard Monthly to mark the 80th birthday of Butlin's in 2016 I found that the UK's first commercial monorail was opened at Butlin's Skegness in 1965! The Skegness holiday resort is the one remaining camp I haven't been to.

It's brilliant collecting old postcards of minigolf courses, monorails and holiday camps as they are superb pieces of social history, as well as bringing back some great memories.

Related blog posts:
- Butlin's
- Postcards

Link:
- Butlin's

Congo Adventure Golf at Brean Sands in Somerset

A look back at our visit to the Congo Adventure Golf course at Brean Leisure Park in Brean Sands, Somerset.

The 519th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Congo Adventure Golf course at Brean Leisure Park in Brean Sands, Somerset back in November 2012.

On the day of our visit the weather was poor. It was also out of season so the course was closed.

A crocodile - or alligator - lurking near a tricky looking hole

Visit the Brean Leisure Park website for more information.

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- Brean
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Link:
- Brean Leisure Park

Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf in Brean

A look back at our visit to the Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf course in Brean Sands, Somerset.

While on our short break in Somerset back in November 2012 we called into the seaside town of Brean to see what minigolf we could find there. One of the unexpected discoveries was the Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf course.

The layout was fairly small, but plenty of piratey theming had been piled into the playing area.

Unfortunately as has so often been the case on our travels, the course was closed so we didn't get to play it.

Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf in Brean was the 518th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

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Cheddar Crazy Golf

A look back at our visit to Cheddar Crazy Golf in November 2012.

On our holiday in Somerset back in November 2012 we spent the day in Cheddar where we had a round on the excellent Cheddar Crazy Golf course.

Cheddar Crazy Golf is in a very nice setting

The 18-hole layout was great fun, tricky and unique - just what we like in a minigolf course.

Nice rules/tip/warning sign

Not many courses have a secret grotto!

The Cheddar Crazy Golf course was the 311th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Putting on this hole...

...takes you onto/down/through this obstacle...

...or not!

Check out the Cheddar Crazy Golf course website for more information.

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Indoor Crazy Golf at Brean Leisure Dome

My blog post about the indoor mini-golf course at Funspot in Laconia, New Hampshire reminded me of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to the Brean Leisure Dome back in November 2012.

We hadn't expected to find the course on our visit to Brean, so it was a pleasant surprise

The course became the 312th played on our tour

One part of the 9-hole layout

The other bit

The first elephant I'd putted through!

The tricky 8th hole

Emily tackling a big minigolf loop-di-loop

We've also played indoor minigolf at Amusement Arcades in Felixstowe, Cleethorpes, Hunstanton, and Whitby.

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Mini Golf course at Vivary Park in Taunton

Playing the Mini Golf course in Taunton's Vivary Park.

The Mini Golf course in Vivary Park, Taunton

The 380th course we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 18-hole Mini Golf course at Vivary Park in Taunton, Somerset.

The last stop on our tour around the South West of England last summer

It's a brilliant course that rewards well aimed shots. It's similar to the great miniature golf courses you can find in Dorridge, near Solihull, and Stratford-upon-Avon. Like those two courses Vivary Park has also been the host venue for a tournament - the 2006 British Minigolf Championship, won by Wallsend's John 'Thighs' Moore.

The layout was the 62nd visited and 17th played on our tour of the South West of England in the summer of 2015. It became the 640th we visited in the UK, and the 661st overall.

In our minigolf match at Vivary Park on the 12th June 2015 Emily scored 45 and I shot a par round of 36. We'd definitely play there again. Check out the photos below to see the 18-holes.

For more information, opening times and prices visit the Tone Leisure website. There's also a regular golf course in the park, as well as a Footgolf layout. As you can see from the photos of the course there's a high ropes centre there too.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England

Link:
- Tone Leisure website

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