A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
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Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Monday, September 14, 2026
Metrolink tram stop at Manchester Piccadilly railway station
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Heritage buses and coaches in Hunstanton
A look at some heritage buses and coaches in Hunstanton.
While walking around Hunstanton we spotted several old buses and coaches parked up at the bus depot.
They were very interesting to see.
The vehicles were on the 'Geoff Hanson Memorial Run' - an annual event in honour of local transport enthusiast Geoff Hanson. You can read more about the Geoff Hanson Memorial Run on the East Norfolk Bus Blog.
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| Some nice old advertising on this Eastern Counties bus |
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| This double decker bus had some nice old advertising on it too |
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
City Golf Europe's Map of Adventure Golf Courses
Check out City Golf Europe's Map of Adventure Golf Courses.
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| City Golf Europe's Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course at Kingswood Golf Centre near Doncaster |
The team at City Golf Europe have created an online map of the Adventure Golf courses they've designed and built.
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| City Golf Europe's Map of Adventure Golf Courses |
City Golf Europe have designed and built over 400 Adventure Golf courses including layouts across Europe, as well as in Thailand and Australia.
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| We're always on the lookout for new minigolf courses |
City Golf Europe's Online Map of Adventure Golf courses is useful guide to see where you can play a high-quality Adventure Golf course.
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| City Golf Europe's Adventure Golf course at Treasure Island in Center Parcs Elveden Forest, Norfolk. Photo by Christopher Gottfried |
We've played several City Golf Europe courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and it's interesting to note how many new courses they've built that we're yet to visit!
| City Golf Europe's Adventure Golf course at Hoebridge Golf Centre in Woking |
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| City Golf Europe worked with minigolf legend Hans Olofsson to produce the course at the Swing by Golfbaren speakeasy in Stockholm, Sweden |
The Adventure Golf course map includes public courses, as well as those at holiday parks and other pay-to-enter facilities.
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| City Golf Europe's course at Caddies Crazy Golf in Southend-on-Sea |
| City Golf Europe's Adventure Golf course at Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
As well as searching by country, you can also look up the courses based on the different product types City Golf Europe offer.
| City Golf Europe's Sports World Mini Golf course at O'Leary's at the Mall of Scandinavia in Solna, Sweden |
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| Emily playing City Golf Europe's Jiggers Miniature Golf course at Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel in Suffolk |
Here's a video of me scoring a hole-in-one on the double plateau hole on City Golf Europe's Adventure Golf course at the Celtic Manor.
A lot of the City Golf courses we've been to on our travels have been their 'Swedish Felt' style of course, those aren't listed on the online map.
| City Golf Europe's Crazy Golf course at Stoke Park in Guildford |
Find out more about City Golf Europe and the courses they've created on the City Golf Europe website.
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| A City Golf Europe Adventure Golf sign at Jiggers Miniature Golf in Thorpeness, Suffolk |
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour keeps on rolling...
A look at our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour to date.
| With a sign for The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness |
Since 2006 Emily and I have visited 1,065 miniature golf courses around the UK and overseas on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. As well as playing minigolf in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man we’ve travelled to minigolf courses in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain (Lanzarote and Majorca), Sweden and the USA.
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| At the top of the Great Orme in Llandudno |
1,007 of the courses we've been to were in the British Isles, with 58 in 12 overseas countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain (Lanzarote and Majorca), Sweden and the USA.
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| Playing Manx TT themed Crazy Golf in Ramsay on the Isle of Man |
We've been able to play a total of 576 of the courses we've been to. Many of these have been played multiple times. Other courses we didn't manage to play include those we found to be abandoned, closed, out-of-season, or derelict, while others were flying visits as we didn't have time to play. Luckily we've returned to some of the courses that were closed or unable to be played on our initial visit.
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| At a very very Crazy Crazy Golf course in Cofton Hackett |
When added to the courses my brother Christopher (a founding member of the tour) and his family have visited around the British Isles and Türkiye, Spain (Majorca), Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Indonesia, Croatia and the USA, the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour stands at a combined 1,112 courses visited!
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| A treacherous hole in Aberavon, Port Talbot |
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| We avoided the LIVE ALLIGATORS at Gator Adventure Golf in Chorley |
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| A scary indoor hole at Putters Adventure Golf in Warrington |
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| Playing the Crazy Putting Challenge course at Hamptworth Golf Club |
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| Playing a shot at Paradise Island Adventure Golf in Manchester |
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| Miniature Golf Grass Putting in Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Trying my luck on the last hole at Hastings Adventure Golf |
| Minigolfing in Lyme Regis |
| Playing Mini Championship Golf at Pirate Pete's in Ayr |
| Having a whale of a time at Moby Adventure Golf in Romford |
| Teeing-off at Adventure Island Golf in Mundesley |
| Playing out a hole at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby |
| Putting between the sights at Landmark Adventure Golf in New Brighton |
| Playing at Pirate Adventure Golf in Belfast |
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| 'Putting' with a 'cue' of sorts on the Crazy Crazy Golf course at Joe Joe Jim's Arcade in Cofton Hackett |
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.
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