Putting Green at the Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel

A look at the Putting Green at the Thorpeness Golf Club and Hotel in Suffolk.

We played the excellent Jiggers Miniature Golf course at Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel in Suffolk back in May 2018.

The venue is also home to a big golf course and a nice little Putting Green.

Putting Green at the Ufford Park Hotel in Melton, near Woodbridge

A look at the Putting Green at the Ufford Park Hotel in Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Back in May 2017 we swung by the Ufford Park Hotel in Suffolk to visit the Congo Rapids Adventure Golf course.

The hotel and golf course is also home to a Putting Green.

Great Blakenham Cycle Speedway in Suffolk

A look at the Great Blakenham Cycle Speedway track.

Ever since our friend John Moore took us to watch the British Veterans over 50s and over 60s Cycle Speedway Individual Championships in Edinburgh's Redbraes Park back in 2011 we've kept our eye out for other cycle speedway tracks.

A couple of years ago we found the track at St Thomas' Recreation Ground in Stockport and yesterday afternoon we saw the one at Great Blakenham in Suffolk.

We'd only stopped off at the village hall as we'd seen a sign for a car boot sale that was starting there at 1pm.

The Great Blakenham Cycle Speedway velodrome looked to have a very nice track.

Related blog posts:
- Cycle Speedway
- Suffolk

Link:
- Great Blakenham Cycle Speedway

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

Related blog posts:
- Stonham Barns
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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

Crazy Golf in Felixstowe

A look at two minigolf courses in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Fantasia Adventure Golf on Sea Road in Felixstowe

While visiting family in East Anglia last weekend we once again had a day out at Felixstowe - our most visited seaside.

We've been to Felixstowe a lot in the last 19 years!

While there we also swung by two of the first courses we ever played, which are also the two most visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Magical Golf course (formerly Golf FX and Harry Putters) at Mannings Amusements was originally the 5th played on our travels, while the Fantasia Adventure Golf course on the seafront was the 6th played on our tour. We've now visited 865 courses.

Mannings Amusements in Felixstowe

Home to a Magical Golf course

The Crazy Golf course at Mannings is an indoor layout 

Hole 1 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

Hole 1 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

 

Hole 2 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

Hole 2 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

Hole 3 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

Hole 9 of the Fantasia Adventure Golf course

Related blog posts:
- Felixstowe
- Suffolk
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour