A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
New minigolf course at Lammas Park in Staines
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Minigolf at Northcliffe & Seaview Holiday Parks in Whitby
There's a new minigolf course at Northcliffe & Seaview Holiday Parks in Whitby.
Visit the Northcliffe & Seaview Holiday Parks website and Facebook Page for more information on Woody's Wildlife Wondercourse.
Monday, July 19, 2021
Crazy Golf at Dover Castle
There's a new Crazy Golf course at Dover Castle in Kent.
Visit the Dover Castle website for more information.
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Crazy Golf at Daisy Made Farm in Skellingthorpe
There's a new Crazy Golf course at Daisy Made Farm in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Visit the Daisy Made Farm website for more information.
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Shed minigolf
Chatting with Andrew Wilcox of Readers Sheds and the Shed of the Year Awards I was reminded of this excellent shed-based crazy golf hole we played back in 2010.
Not only do you putt into a shed, but it's a musical obstacle too. Marvellous.
The garden crazy golf course in East Finchley was the 250th we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 956 courses since 2006.
I thought I was obsessive about something, but this fella Richard is crazy golf nutter putter - also probably the first shed I have seen used as a crazy golf hole and not the place where they give the clubs out from! #shedlove https://t.co/M323OjOUbX
— Andrew Wilcox I❤️Sheds (@unclewilco) November 4, 2020
Visit the UrbanCrazy website for more information on the courses they create.
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Alton Water Mini Golf in Ipswich
A visit to the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Ipswich, Suffolk.
My brother and Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour has sent over some photos of the miniature golf course at Alton Water in Suffolk.
The Alton Water Mini Golf course is the 982nd course visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.
The course was created by the team at UrbanCrazy and opened earlier this year.
Check out the Alton Water website for more information, opening times and prices.
Visit the UrbanCrazy website for more information about the courses they build and minigolf supplies they offer.
The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Christopher and his family have visited 36 courses on their branch of the tour, 26 of those have been unique to them. Emily and I have visited 956 courses on the main tour.
Christopher has been to four courses in 2020.
We've been to a total of 46 courses in 2020, with 15 of those being new courses visited. We've swung by eight new courses in the time of coronavirus.
We've got 40 of the original 600 we set out to visit left and a lot of new courses to play at too!
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Monday, September 07, 2020
Pembrey Country Park Crazy Golf
A look at the new Pembrey Country Park Crazy Golf course in Wales.
We visited Pembrey Country Park and played the old Crazy Golf course there way back in 2009 during our road-trip around the Welsh coast.
It'll be nice to visit Wales again in the future and have a game on the new 18-hole layout on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We had a holiday booked in Wales in April but that was scrapped thanks to the pandemic.
Check out the Pembrey Country Park website for more information, opening times and prices.
Visit the UrbanCrazy website for more information about the courses they build and minigolf supplies they offer.
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Alton Water Minigolf in Ipswich, Suffolk
A look at the Alton Water Minigolf course in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Many thanks to James Palmer from UrbanCrazy for sending over some snaps of the new minigolf course at Alton Water in Suffolk.
We're looking forward to having a game there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. We'd normally have been to see family and friends in Ipswich a number of times already this year but haven't been able to get back once yet. Fingers crossed we'll get there at some point this year!
Visit the Alton Water website for more information, opening times and prices.
Check out the UrbanCrazy website for more information about the courses they build and minigolf supplies they offer.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre
A look back at our first visit to Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre.
It's been over five years since we first visited the Peterborough Minigolf course at Dobbies Garden Centre. Time certainly flies!
It only seems a short while ago that we swung by for a game.
It's a brilliant 12-hole course, full of testing layouts and obstacles. A nice test of putting skill.
The course was the 382nd played and 662nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 954 courses in total since September 2006.
We actually revisited Peterborough Minigolf in February of this year on one of our last road-trips before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Visit the Peterborough Minigolf course website for more information.
The course was another superb build by the team at UrbanCrazy.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Barnard Castle Mini Golf - A Journey Through Teesdale (July 2013)
A look at the Barnard Castle Mini Golf course.
In July 2013 we visited Barnard Castle in County Durham to help launch the new Mini Golf course there.
The 9-hole course was designed and built by the team at UrbanCrazy.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
It's National Gardening Week
Happy National Gardening Week.
To mark the occasion here's a look at a garden minigolf course in East Finchley, London.
The innovative back garden minigolf course was created by the team at UrbanCrazy |
Monday, April 06, 2020
Garden Minigolf
A look at Putting at Home.
We visited our 250th minigolf course ten years ago and it was one of the most unique layouts we've played.
The first, and to date only, garden shed I've putted into |
We've now been to 948 miniature golf courses since 2006.
The 9-hole minigolf course was tailor-made and features some challenging obstacles and changeable holes!
It was built so games can vary from round to round and range from a 6-hole to a 9-hole course.
In 2011 I was runner-up in the London Invitational Tournament held at the course.
The marvellous back garden minigolf course was designed and built by UrbanCrazy, a UK-based minigolf business that designs and builds permanent miniature golf courses, provides portable layouts, supplies equipment and more.
Are you putting at home during the lockdown and isolation of social distancing?
We've seen quite a few indoor and garden crazy golf courses created over the last few weeks.
Our friends Pat and Mandy at The Putting Penguin were quick to organise the Putting Penguin Pandemic Putt Off – a stay-at-home putting competition with entries being submitted from around the world.
Our pals Tom and Robin at A Couple of Putts have also been logging all manner of isolation minigolf courses on their social media.
We've got plans for some indoor minigolf layouts too. We've also got quite a few minigolf games in the Crazy Golf Museum.
While a lot of the minigolf world is out of action, plans are still being drawn up for new courses, work is ongoing to finish courses where permissible, and ideas formulated for when it's safe to get back out on the course. If you'd like to have a chat about minigolf, marketing, minigolf marketing, or competitive socialising please do get in touch.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Playing Junkyard Golf in Manchester
A visit to Junkyard Golf at First Street in Manchester.
On Monday I revisited Junkyard Golf on First Street in Manchester city centre for a game with James and Mark from UrbanCrazy.
We played the 'Pablo' crazy golf course.
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The other two 9-hole indoor minigolf courses are 'Gary' and 'Bozo'.
Visit the Junkyard Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.
As well as the Manchester site you can find Junkyard Golf courses in London, Leeds, Oxford and Liverpool. There is also a new course opening Newcastle upon Tyne later this year.
The three Junkyard Golf courses in Manchester were the 765th, 766th and 767th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back when the First Street venue opened in 2017.
We've now been to 948 courses since September 2006.