Puttstars Crazy Golf at Ashton Leisure Park

There are plans for a new Puttstars Crazy Golf centre at Ashton Leisure Park in Tameside.

Check out the Puttstars website for more information.

It'll be another new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've played Puttstars Mini Golf at the Rochdale Riverside location.

Mini Golf at Puttstars

Grainger Games in Hyde

Another week and another Grainger Games.

Last week we spotted the old Grainger Games store at Stretford Mall in Manchester. This weekend we stumbled upon the old shop at the Clarendon Square shopping centre in Hyde, Tameside.

It's been an interesting year seeing social distancing signage alongside long lost shops

Grainger Games was founded in 1996 and ceased operations on the 28th March 2018.

A sad sign

It was a brand with shops in the North of England and Scotland, so I only became a regular shopper there when I moved to Stockport back in 2016.

While we were there the lights inside the shop came on!

Sea of Thieves on Xbox One are 'new' in

Let there be light!

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The abandoned Crazy Golf course at Stamford Park in Stalybridge

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Stamford Park in Stalybridge.

This year has flown by and we've made visits to 64 more courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. One of those courses was local to us and a real bonus to find.

As we have been busy exploring our new local area since moving north in the summer of 2016 we've checked out local villages, towns and cities and also had a look at a number of parks in the area to see what we can visit. While looking at the Ashton-under-Lyne area we spotted what looked to be the outline of a minigolf course.

On the 4th February we finally made some time to visit Stalybridge to look for the Crazy Golf course there. We're glad we did.

The 9th hole of the abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stamford Park, Stalybridge - it was a unique layout!

The abandoned Crazy Golf course became the 797th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We're now up to 859 course visits on our travels since September 2006.

 

Following our trip to Stalybridge the next courses we visited were in Sweden.

Some of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour stats:

• 859 courses visited overall
• 821 in the British Isles
• 64 visited in 2018
• 33 played this year
• 503 played overall since September 2006

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UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden

A visit to the new indoor Crazy Golf course at One Adventure in Droylsden.

We visited the new indoor glow-in-the-dark Crazy Golf course at One Adventure in Droylsden, Greater Manchester on Saturday 1st December. It's just up the road from us!

The UV Crazy Golf course is a 12-hole layout with a Rock-theme. It's the first full glow-in-the-dark course we've played in the UK.

Rock N Golf at One Adventure became the 855th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 503rd course we've played.

In our minigolf match-up I managed to sneak a win 39 to 41. Neither of us hit a hole-in-one although Emily came the closest on hole 10.

In addition to the Crazy Golf course you can also do axe throwing, laser tag and a lot more at One Adventure! You can find One Adventure on Floor 2 of Greenside Mill in Droylsden, Manchester M43 7AJ.

I'm a big fan of UV Minigolf so was really pleased to visit, play and win at the One Adventure course

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Link:
- One Adventure

Visiting two more 'small' pubs

Over the years we've visited quite a few small pubs, each with their own particular claims.

We've had a drink at the Smallest Pub on the Planet (it's in Cleethorpes) and Britain's Smallest Pub (in Southport). While in Blackpool we called in at The Mitre, which is that town's smallest boozer.

Bar Bach - Little Bar - in Caernarfon is the smallest bar in Wales

Recently we popped into Bar Bach in Caernarfon and The Q Inn in Stalybridge.

Bar Bach is the smallest bar in Wales. We've encountered the word 'bach' on our minigolf travels too as we've played a few Golff Bach Cwrs. Bach means 'little'.

Proof

When you get inside you find out that bar is actually split and sits across two addresses!

The second address is for the cafe there.

The Q Inn is the public house with the shortest name in the United Kingdom. As certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1995. It was a nice pub and worth a look.
 

The Q Inn is quite large

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Crazy Golf at Stamford Park in Stalybridge

We finally made some time to visit Stalybridge to look for the Crazy Golf course there. We're glad we did.

The 9th hole of the abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stamford Park, Stalybridge - it was a unique layout!

The course became the 797th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the full blog post.

Krunchy Fried Chicken in Stalybridge

Finding another bootleg KFC!

We had a brilliant afternoon exploring Stalybridge in Tameside and it was marvellous to find another bootleg KFC in the town - this time it was a Krunchy Fried Chicken!

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