Minigolf at Gowerton Golf Range in Swansea, Wales

A look back at our visit to the minigolf course at Gowerton Golf Range in Swansea, Wales.

We visited Gowerton Golf Range in Gowerton, Swansea, Wales to play the 9-hole minigolf course there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in August 2009.

Mumbles Crazy Golf at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales

A look back at a visit to the Mumbles Crazy Golf course at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales.

We visited the Mumbles Crazy Golf course at Southend Gardens in Swansea, Wales on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour during a big road-trip around the Welsh coast back in August 2009.

Looking online, the course is still there.

Find out more.

Visit the Swansea Council website for more information on the Southend Gardens Crazy Golf course.

Crazy Golf at Singleton Park in Swansea, Wales

A look back at our visit to the crazy golf course at Singleton Park in Swansea, Wales.

We visited the Singleton Park Crazy Golf course at the Singleton Boating Lake in Swansea, Wales on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour during a big road-trip around the Welsh coast back in August 2009.

Looking online, the course is still there.

Find out more.

Visit the Swansea Council website for more information on the Singleton Park Crazy Golf course.

Mini Golf at the Au Vodka HQ Café & Shop in Llansamlet, Swansea

The brand new Au Vodka HQ Café & Shop in Llansamlet, Swansea has a mini golf course.

The new Café & Shop opened at the Au Vodka HQ in Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales today (Monday 23rd June).

Check out the Au Vodka website and social media for more information.

It looks like a cool indoor course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

Crazy Golf at Au Vodka's new HQ in Swansea

There's an indoor minigolf course for staff to play at Au Vodka's new HQ in Swansea, Wales.

The indoor Crazy Golf course is a 9-hole layout and in keeping with the brand's identity is gold and black throughout.

Check out the Au Vodka website for more information.

Video Express in Swansea

Emily spotted the old Video Express video shop in Swansea on her recent trip to the city.

What a blockbuster find!

It's always interesting finding lost video shops and old retail signs on our travels.

There are still traces of other former video shops to be found on the streets of the UK. Most of those are old Blockbuster Video stores. But there are remnants of independent video shops to be seen if you're lucky.

• Video Rentals at The Village Top Shop in Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham
• Shahenshah Videos in Luton
• Deane Video Centre in Bolton
• Video Box Office at the Happy Shopper Wayfairer Discount Store in Ilkeston
• Video Future in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
• The Movie Box in Manchester
• Jubilee Films video in Ashton-under-Lyne
  

Blockbuster Video stores we've visited to date:

• Abingdon, Oxfordshire
• Ashton, Bristol
• Barnsley, South Yorkshire
• Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Billingham, Teesside
• Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester
• Chester, Cheshire
• Chorley, Lancashire
• Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
• Colne, Lancashire
• Failsworth, Manchester
• Fallowfield, Manchester
• Felixstowe, Suffolk
• Filton, Bristol
• Great Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Hastings, East Sussex
• Leigh, Greater Manchester
• Luton, Bedfordshire
• Marple, Greater Manchester
• Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
• Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Oldham, Greater Manchester
• Prescot, Lancashire
• Shanklin, Isle of Wight
• Southampton, Hampshire
• Telford, Shropshire
• Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
• Wythenshawe, Manchester

Other video shops we've been to include B.V.C. - Bolton Video Centre in Little Lever, Bolton and 20th Century Flicks in Bristol - and both were still trading!