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Wednesday, October 09, 2019
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Friday, October 04, 2019
My bloggiest year to date
2019 is my bloggiest year since I first posted on the 21st December 2006. I've published 451 posts, including this one, so far this year.
My previous best was 448 posts in 2011.
It's not really surprising I've written so much this year when you consider all of the new minigolf courses opening, new gluten free places to eat at, miniature railways we've found and courses we've visited.
The Ham & Egger Files now contains 3,387 posts and has received more than 1.5 million page views.
At the Victoria Park Crazy Golf course in Scarborough. We hit our milestone 900th minigolf course visit while in the seaside town this summer |
Thank you to everyone who reads the blog, shares links on social media, comments on posts, contributes and guest blogs here. It's all very much appreciated.
I wonder if 2019 will be the first year I reach 500 blog posts?
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Monday, August 12, 2019
Minigolf consultancy
As marketing and sales professionals Emily and I use our extensive knowledge and skills in supporting and promoting the game we enjoy as a hobby.
Since 2006 we have visited more than 900 minigolf courses in the UK and overseas. This has given us an insight into many aspects of minigolf, from course operators, pop-ups, competitions, clubs, national associations, international federations, suppliers, designers, builders and technology providers.
At our 900th course visit - the North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough |
Our involvement in the world of minigolf includes blogging, media relations, sponsorship, course design, advice and consultancy, event organisation and promotion, and participation in tournaments around the world.
The Ham & Egger Files blog contains over 3,000 posts that have attracted 1.5 million page views.
Emily playing at Joe Joe Jim's Crazy Crazy Golf at Fletcher's Arcade in Cofton Hackett, Birmingham |
As a volunteer I served three terms on the Executive Committee of the British Minigolf Association and was a member of the World Minigolf Sport Federation’s Marketing and Media Committee for six years.
Putting at Lane7 in Newcastle |
Please do get in touch to find out how we can help with your minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf activities.
You can also buy my ebook 'The Minigolfer’s Guide to Marketing' on Amazon and Kobo.
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Wednesday, August 07, 2019
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing ebook
My ebook to help minigolf players better market themselves, their clubs, tournaments and courses is now available to purchase from Kobo.
You can also buy The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing ebook on Amazon.
I've been so pleased to see the book bought and used by a number of competition players, course owners and managers, bloggers, course reviewers, minigolf associations and federations around the world.
As a minigolfer with over a decade of experience as a tournament competitor and years of experience in marketing and communications I designed the guide so that anyone interested or involved in minigolf could help promote the game. It's a niche title, but an audience and subject I know a lot about.
Playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings |
Writing the book was brilliant and enabled me to bring two areas of my life together. I've worked in marketing since 2003 and have played minigolf since I was a child. Stepping up to compete on the national minigolf tour circuit and in international tournaments opened my eyes to the potential of the game. I’ve also had the honour of serving on the committees of the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) and the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF).
Minigolf is a sport for all. People of all ages, sexes, backgrounds and abilities can pick up a putter and play the game.
When Emily and I began travelling around the country on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour there were around 600 courses in the UK. We've now visited 918 courses, including 39 overseas, and there are still many more for us to play. The game is really booming and not a week goes by without the announcement of a new course opening.
At our 900th course - the North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough |
There are a huge amount of interesting and fun stories to tell and positive aspects to highlight to potential players, the media, sponsors and the wider sporting community. The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing should give federations, associations, clubs and our fellow players ideas, inspiration and support in their marketing efforts.
Much of the guidance could also be applied to a number of other sports clubs and organisations to help raise their profile and boost memberships.
The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing is available on Amazon and Kobo |
A very BIG thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of the book to date. It's very much appreciated.
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Friday, July 12, 2019
The crazy world of UK minigolf - a guest blog post
Check out my new guest post on the Putterfingers Crazy Golf blog where I look at the increasing popularity of minigolf in the UK.
My guest blog post for Putterfingers is about the increasing popularity of Crazy Golf in the UK |
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019
New guest blog post on Minigolfnews
Check out my latest guest blog post on Minigolfnews.
At our 900th minigolf course visit, at the North Bay Crazy Golf course in Scarborough |
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Friday, December 21, 2018
Blogiversary of the Ham and Egger Files
Today marks twelve years since the Ham and Egger Files began.
Twelve years ago today I began blogging - time has certainly flown by!
I've loved blogging for the last decade and a bit. Writing about the interesting places and weird and wonderful things we've done has been marvellous |
I'm often asked how a blog that is mostly about minigolf has the name the 'Ham and Egger Files'? Well, it didn't initially start out life as a minigolf blog.
Back on the 21st December 2006 I published my first post about how I planned to participate in as many obscure and minority sports as I could and see what would happen with the limited sporting ability I have!
The term 'ham and egger' has connotations ranging from that of 'ordinary person' to that of 'loser'. The origin of the term comes from prize fighters whose modest skills wouldn’t let them win large purses. Therefore, the fighter or their manager - who received a percentage of purses won - were never able to afford to eat better than ham and eggs.
Since that first post I have gone on to publish 2,933 posts! Most of them have been about minigolf.
Our interest in minigolf and what would soon become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour had actually begun on the 30th September 2006, but I didn't publish a post about the sport until the 29th January 2007 when I announced that I had joined the British Minigolf Association - a competition circuit I made my actual debut on in Southend-on-Sea on the 28th April 2007.
Since my first year of blogging Emily and I have now visited 859 miniature golf courses, played in hundreds of tournaments and competed in lots of different sports and games. I've won quite a few titles along the way too, not too bad for a Ham n' Egger.
This year I won the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open - a title I'd wanted to win for years |
A BIG thank you goes out to everyone who has ever read one of my posts, commented, shared, or guest blogged on the site, it's very much appreciated.
Emily and I are happy to hear about new minigolf courses, new sports and games, new places to visit and interesting things to write about. Get in touch if you have any ideas or suggestions for future posts.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Blogging on Minigolfnews
At the end of last year I began guest blogging at Minigolfnews and the team at the site are keen for more minigolfers to get involved.
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There's plenty of great stuff to shout about in the world of minigolf |
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Minigolf bloggers
To celebrate my eleventh year of blogging at the Ham and Egger Files I wanted to highlight the hard work and dedication of others involved in the promotion and support of minigolf through their blogging.
Some of the bloggers post regularly, others for specific events and others on a mixture of channels and platforms. Here's a list of the active blogs I know about:
These are four great minigolf review websites that aren't technically blogs, but are brilliant resources:
There are also two Vlogs I know of:
And there's one minigolf podcast:
There are also a number of minigolf players and courses out there who use their own websites, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to post about their activities. Check out the Minigolf List I curate on Twitter, there are more than 1,100 accounts in it.
Matt Bellner, aka Mattie 5, is another Pro Putter worth a follow on social media.
There are also a number of blogs that have become dormant over the years and they are listed below:
If you know of any other minigolf blogs I may have missed, do get in touch!
Do check out the guest blogs posted here on the Ham and Egger Files too.
Back in March 2015 we met up with fellow pro minigolf, blogger and course reviewer Pat Sheridan of The Putting Penguin. We had a fun round at Putt in the Park in Wandsworth, London |
Some of the bloggers post regularly, others for specific events and others on a mixture of channels and platforms. Here's a list of the active blogs I know about:
- Adventures in Minigolfing by Marion Homer
- Mini Golf App
- Mini Golf Guide
- Minigolfnews.com
- Putterfingers
- Putting Edge
- The Ham and Egger Files by Richard and Emily Gottfried
- Two Crazy Golfers
- UrbanCrazy
- Waddling to the Top - The Putting Penguin blog by Pat Sheridan
These are four great minigolf review websites that aren't technically blogs, but are brilliant resources:
There are also two Vlogs I know of:
And there's one minigolf podcast:
There are also a number of minigolf players and courses out there who use their own websites, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to post about their activities. Check out the Minigolf List I curate on Twitter, there are more than 1,100 accounts in it.
Matt Bellner, aka Mattie 5, is another Pro Putter worth a follow on social media.
There are also a number of blogs that have become dormant over the years and they are listed below:
- Forever Pushing Buttons by Seth Thomas
- Have Putter Will Travel by Jon Drexler
- Mini Ballin'
- Mini-Golf Adventures
- Putt Putt Long Island
- The Force Report by Marc Chapman
- The Minigolfer by Oliver Florence
- The Putter King
- The Putting Predictor
- Tiger World by Tiger Pragnell
- Minigolf Blog by Will Donnelly
If you know of any other minigolf blogs I may have missed, do get in touch!
Do check out the guest blogs posted here on the Ham and Egger Files too.
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Blogiversary of the Ham and Egger Files
Today marks eleven years since the Ham and Egger Files began.
I'm often asked how a blog that is (predominantly) about minigolf has the name the Ham and Egger Files? Well, it didn't initially start out life as a minigolf blog.
Back on the 21st December 2006 I published my first post about how I planned to participate in as many obscure and minority sports as I could and see what would happen with the modicum of sporting ability I have!
The term 'ham and egger' has connotations ranging from that of 'ordinary person' to that of 'loser'. The origin of the term stems from prize fighters whose modest skills wouldn’t let them win large purses. Therefore, the fighter or their manager (who received a percentage of purses won) were never able to afford to eat better than ham and eggs.
My second ever blog post was also on the 21st December and about the fine sport of Finger Jousting.
This post is the 2,750th!
Our interest in minigolf and what would become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour had actually begun on the 30th September 2006, but I didn't publish a post about the sport until the 29th January 2007 when I announced my joining of the British Minigolf Association - a competition circuit I made my actual debut on in Southend-on-Sea on the 28th April.
Since my first year of blogging Emily and I have visited nearly 800 miniature golf courses, played in hundreds of tournaments and competed in lots of different sports and games. I've won quite a few titles along the way too, not too bad for a Ham n' Egger.
Thank you to everyone who has ever read a post, commented, shared, or guest blogged on the site, it's very much appreciated.
Give the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour a Like on Facebook, watch our YouTube channel and follow us on Twitter @putting_gott and @Ems_Lems. Please do sign-up to receive our miniature golf newsletter too.
Playing hole 5 of the 11-hole Crazy Golf course at York Golf Range in Towthorpe near Strensall earlier this year. The course was #764 on our travels |
I'm often asked how a blog that is (predominantly) about minigolf has the name the Ham and Egger Files? Well, it didn't initially start out life as a minigolf blog.
Back on the 21st December 2006 I published my first post about how I planned to participate in as many obscure and minority sports as I could and see what would happen with the modicum of sporting ability I have!
The term 'ham and egger' has connotations ranging from that of 'ordinary person' to that of 'loser'. The origin of the term stems from prize fighters whose modest skills wouldn’t let them win large purses. Therefore, the fighter or their manager (who received a percentage of purses won) were never able to afford to eat better than ham and eggs.
My second ever blog post was also on the 21st December and about the fine sport of Finger Jousting.
This post is the 2,750th!
Last year I celebrated my blogiversary by playing the Lost Valley Adventure Golf course at Amazonia in Bolton. The course was #720 |
Our interest in minigolf and what would become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour had actually begun on the 30th September 2006, but I didn't publish a post about the sport until the 29th January 2007 when I announced my joining of the British Minigolf Association - a competition circuit I made my actual debut on in Southend-on-Sea on the 28th April.
Emily putting at the 11-hole Pirate-themed Adventure Golf course at the Funland Themepark in 2008. The course was the 69th played on our tour. The blog post about our visit doesn't include a single photo of me, that's a rarity! |
Since my first year of blogging Emily and I have visited nearly 800 miniature golf courses, played in hundreds of tournaments and competed in lots of different sports and games. I've won quite a few titles along the way too, not too bad for a Ham n' Egger.
This year I won The Butler Cup Holiday on the Buses Crazy Golf tournament in Prestatyn, one of two tournaments I won in Wales |
Thank you to everyone who has ever read a post, commented, shared, or guest blogged on the site, it's very much appreciated.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Ten years of The Ham & Egger Files
Today marks the tenth anniversary of The Ham & Egger Files blog.
On the 21st December 2006 I wrote the first post introducing the blog and outlining my participation in many obscure and minority sports with the aim of having as much fun as possible with the modicum of sporting ability I have! The second post was about Finger Jousting.
I've had a lot of FUN blogging over the last ten years |
Since then the 2,381 posts I've written have received 1.1 million page views from people in 110 countries.
Our travels have taken Emily and I to twelve countries, 500+ places in the UK, 220+ seasides and 719 miniature golf courses.
While many of my blog posts have been about Crazy Golf and Minigolf, I've also blogged about Coeliac Disease and living on a lifelong gluten free diet, travel, social history and a lot of other sports and games.
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Sunday, November 01, 2015
The Game That Got Away sports blog
My friend and minigolf rival Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley has started up a new sports blog.
The Game That Got Away is dedicated to Rugby League and will include opinion, analysis and features on the sport.
Find out more about Marc's blog here.
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The Game That Got Away is dedicated to Rugby League and will include opinion, analysis and features on the sport.
Marc (left) and me outside the now demolished Greyfriars Bus Station in Northampton during the epic year of sport that was 2012 |
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Friday, July 10, 2015
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now on Facebook too
Check out the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Facebook.
We've started a Facebook page to share our blogging and adventures around the UK's mini, crazy and adventure golf courses.
Check out the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page.
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Playing the Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Skegness, Lincolnshire. Course #234 on our tour |
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Saturday, July 04, 2015
The London Allergy and Free From Show 2015
A review of the The London Allergy and Free From Show 2015.
On Friday 3rd July I travelled to Olympia for the London Allergy and Free From Show. Last year was my first time visiting the event and I was interested to see what new products would be on show.
I was pleased to see some new gluten and wheat free ice creams available. On our recent two-week holiday around the south west coast of England I had only managed to find suitable ice cream tubs in two places! Fingers crossed the ice creams from Sweet Rebellion and Jollyum get stocked in more places as they were very tasty.
Earlier this year Emily visited Spain and brought me back some Sin Gluten goodies and so it was nice to see the team from Esgir at the show with their range of five gluten and wheat free products that are suitable for Coeliacs. I was so impressed that I bought some of the products.
I spotted some new gluten free beers from exhibitors including Estrella Damm Daura (with their new Märzen variety), the Wellington Bomber Porter beer from Glebe Farm, Outlook by Stringer's, and Hepworth & Co. While Green's have updated and refreshed its branding. I also got to try CELIA Lager's new Dark variety. Very nice it was too.
Check out my compilation blog post on all the gluten free beers, ales and lagers I've found since I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease (the list currently stands at 89!).
It was also good speaking with the team from Can I Eat There? and finding out more about their allergy and intolerance aware restaurant listings and review website.
I did feel that too many of the exhibitors at the event were trying to sell sell sell, rather than doing something a bit different to engage with the audience. The show offers from Esgir were very good, while many other stalls were selling at not much less than a supermarket price. Couple this with the fact that it was baking hot, and while in London people may not want to carry around lots of shopping (including raw meat, or frozen products) so it would be really nice to see the brands trying something new.
Another thought is that because the show is catering to so many different audiences (all with their own varied needs - some lifestyle, some medical) there will be some clashes. This was evident in some of the exhibitors who I know have products that are not suitable for Coeliacs due to manufacturing processes and/or potential cross-contamination - but are labelled as gluten and wheat free. I think that if you're going to offer gluten and wheat free you should go 100%. No half-measures. Granted, there are people with wheat intolerance and non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity etc. who may be fine after consuming these products, but there is a larger proportion who won't be. It leaves a Coeliac like myself with a bitter taste, to be tempted with GF & WF packaging, only to be let down when reading the small print.
As a 'veteran' Coeliac I check, double check and then check again before I take a bite or a sip of anything. Having been glutened on a number of occasions I know it's not worth the risk, so I hope some of the rookie Coeliacs at the show didn't make any errors, or get carried away, in their sampling.
The next food fair I'll be visiting is the Home Counties Gluten Free Food Fair organised by the Herts & Mid Beds Coeliac UK Volunteer Group. Hopefully there'll be lots of new and interesting gluten and wheat free products on show and to sample there.
To round off a very pleasant day in London Emily and I had another brilliant gluten free meal at Honest Burgers.
Check out the Allergy Show London website for more information on the event.
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On Friday 3rd July I travelled to Olympia for the London Allergy and Free From Show. Last year was my first time visiting the event and I was interested to see what new products would be on show.
I was pleased to see some new gluten and wheat free ice creams available. On our recent two-week holiday around the south west coast of England I had only managed to find suitable ice cream tubs in two places! Fingers crossed the ice creams from Sweet Rebellion and Jollyum get stocked in more places as they were very tasty.
The Jollyum Ice Creams were very nice |
Earlier this year Emily visited Spain and brought me back some Sin Gluten goodies and so it was nice to see the team from Esgir at the show with their range of five gluten and wheat free products that are suitable for Coeliacs. I was so impressed that I bought some of the products.
A good haul from Esgir. I bought one of each of the products that include gluten free croutons, crunchy crumbs and choco snack sticks |
I spotted some new gluten free beers from exhibitors including Estrella Damm Daura (with their new Märzen variety), the Wellington Bomber Porter beer from Glebe Farm, Outlook by Stringer's, and Hepworth & Co. While Green's have updated and refreshed its branding. I also got to try CELIA Lager's new Dark variety. Very nice it was too.
The brand new Märzen gluten free beer from Estrella Damm Daura. It tasted great |
CELIA Dark was very nice. Martin from CELIA tells me it's a great beer to accompany autumn and winter meals too |
The updated branding on the Green's Gluten Free Beers range |
I enjoyed the new Wellington Bomber Porter from Glebe Farm |
Check out my compilation blog post on all the gluten free beers, ales and lagers I've found since I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease (the list currently stands at 89!).
Stringer's Outlook gluten free ale, one of the GF beers I'm yet to try |
It was also good speaking with the team from Can I Eat There? and finding out more about their allergy and intolerance aware restaurant listings and review website.
I did feel that too many of the exhibitors at the event were trying to sell sell sell, rather than doing something a bit different to engage with the audience. The show offers from Esgir were very good, while many other stalls were selling at not much less than a supermarket price. Couple this with the fact that it was baking hot, and while in London people may not want to carry around lots of shopping (including raw meat, or frozen products) so it would be really nice to see the brands trying something new.
Another thought is that because the show is catering to so many different audiences (all with their own varied needs - some lifestyle, some medical) there will be some clashes. This was evident in some of the exhibitors who I know have products that are not suitable for Coeliacs due to manufacturing processes and/or potential cross-contamination - but are labelled as gluten and wheat free. I think that if you're going to offer gluten and wheat free you should go 100%. No half-measures. Granted, there are people with wheat intolerance and non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity etc. who may be fine after consuming these products, but there is a larger proportion who won't be. It leaves a Coeliac like myself with a bitter taste, to be tempted with GF & WF packaging, only to be let down when reading the small print.
As a 'veteran' Coeliac I check, double check and then check again before I take a bite or a sip of anything. Having been glutened on a number of occasions I know it's not worth the risk, so I hope some of the rookie Coeliacs at the show didn't make any errors, or get carried away, in their sampling.
The next food fair I'll be visiting is the Home Counties Gluten Free Food Fair organised by the Herts & Mid Beds Coeliac UK Volunteer Group. Hopefully there'll be lots of new and interesting gluten and wheat free products on show and to sample there.
To round off a very pleasant day in London Emily and I had another brilliant gluten free meal at Honest Burgers.
Check out the Allergy Show London website for more information on the event.
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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Blogging for eight years today
As of today I've been blogging for eight years!
I've written 1,931 blog posts.
The blog has received almost 700,000 page views.
With readers from over 100 countries.
In that time Emily and I have travelled to 193 seasides.
We've played more than 30 different sports and games.
And visited 588 minigolf, crazy golf, putting and adventure golf courses.
Plus, I've found, tried and reviewed lots of gluten free food & drink.
Thank you all for reading, liking, commenting, tweeting, RT'ing, sharing and +1'ing :-)
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- Behold...
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I've written 1,931 blog posts.
The blog has received almost 700,000 page views.
With readers from over 100 countries.
In that time Emily and I have travelled to 193 seasides.
We've played more than 30 different sports and games.
And visited 588 minigolf, crazy golf, putting and adventure golf courses.
Plus, I've found, tried and reviewed lots of gluten free food & drink.
Thank you all for reading, liking, commenting, tweeting, RT'ing, sharing and +1'ing :-)
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- My most viewed blog post "Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in and around London"
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Saturday, July 05, 2014
The Allergy and Free From Show 2014 at Olympia
Visiting the Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia.
Today I visited day two of the three day Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia in London. The event had dozens of suppliers, thousands of free from products and tens of thousands of people with allergies, intolerances, sensitivities and autoimmune diseases, disorders and conditions (such as Coeliac Disease).
Among the thousands of 'free from' products at the event were many I hadn't seen or tasted before, such as those from Delicious Alchemy, Venice Bakery, Focaccia per Tutti and 1-2-3 Gluten Free.
I spent a good four hours checking out the stands, finding out product information and sampling food and drink. It was great to see some of my favourite gluten and wheat free brands at the show, including Celia Lager, Honeyrose Bakery, Eskal Foods, Kabuto Noodles, and the event's headline sponsor Udi's Gluten Free.
I also really enjoyed speaking to a number of people who are really passionate about providing great quality (and interesting) food and drink for people with Coeliac Disease and getting info on their brands.
Visit the Allergy and Free From Show website for details on how to attend the third and final day.
The 2014 Allergy and Free From Show is co-locating with three other shows at Olympia and if you attend you can also visit the V Delicious, Love Natural Love Organic and The Back Pain Show.
If you can't make the final day of the 2014 London show then you can attend the Allergy and Free From Show North that is taking place on the 25th and 26th of October at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool.
Its going to take me a while to digest all the information from the event and I'll be writing more blog posts about my visit and all the great gluten & wheat free food and drink I tried and discovered at the show in the coming weeks.
I'm always keen to find out about gluten and wheat free brands that are suitable for people with Coeliac Disease so please do get in touch if you know of any, or are a producer/supplier.
Links:
- The Allergy and Free From Show
- Udi's Gluten Free
- Coeliac UK
- Gluten Free related blog posts on the Ham & Egger Files
My haul of information and freebies from the Allergy and Free From Show |
Today I visited day two of the three day Allergy and Free From Show at Olympia in London. The event had dozens of suppliers, thousands of free from products and tens of thousands of people with allergies, intolerances, sensitivities and autoimmune diseases, disorders and conditions (such as Coeliac Disease).
Among the thousands of 'free from' products at the event were many I hadn't seen or tasted before, such as those from Delicious Alchemy, Venice Bakery, Focaccia per Tutti and 1-2-3 Gluten Free.
The Allergy and Free From Show 2014 at Olympia |
I spent a good four hours checking out the stands, finding out product information and sampling food and drink. It was great to see some of my favourite gluten and wheat free brands at the show, including Celia Lager, Honeyrose Bakery, Eskal Foods, Kabuto Noodles, and the event's headline sponsor Udi's Gluten Free.
Udi's Gluten Free are the headline sponsor of the event and I picked up three of their products I haven't tried yet |
I also really enjoyed speaking to a number of people who are really passionate about providing great quality (and interesting) food and drink for people with Coeliac Disease and getting info on their brands.
Visit the Allergy and Free From Show website for details on how to attend the third and final day.
The 2014 Allergy and Free From Show is co-locating with three other shows at Olympia and if you attend you can also visit the V Delicious, Love Natural Love Organic and The Back Pain Show.
If you can't make the final day of the 2014 London show then you can attend the Allergy and Free From Show North that is taking place on the 25th and 26th of October at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool.
Its going to take me a while to digest all the information from the event and I'll be writing more blog posts about my visit and all the great gluten & wheat free food and drink I tried and discovered at the show in the coming weeks.
I'm always keen to find out about gluten and wheat free brands that are suitable for people with Coeliac Disease so please do get in touch if you know of any, or are a producer/supplier.
Links:
- The Allergy and Free From Show
- Udi's Gluten Free
- Coeliac UK
- Gluten Free related blog posts on the Ham & Egger Files
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, January 05, 2014
The Cereal Quest breakfast cereal blog
The Cereal Quest blog - one man's quest to eat every type of breakfast cereal available in the UK.
Fellow Crazy Golfer Phil Botto is renowned in the Minigolf world as the man who plays the World Crazy Golf Championships with a different 'themed' Putter each year!
In previous events he's used everything from a Black & Decker Strimmer to a converted camera tripod, a bit of wood and even a ukulele!
Phil is on a "Cereal Quest" to eat every main UK cereal and he's into his second year of the adventure! He's documenting the quest on his fun blog/diary and raising money for The Trussell Trust - a UK charity that that works to empower local communities to combat poverty and exclusion in the UK and Bulgaria.
Check out The Cereal Quest website for more details and posts. You can view a list of Cereals he's scoffed so far (in a chronological order) here.
My favourite breakfast cereal is a gluten free one made by Barkat and called Chocolate Pillows. I view them as less of a breakfast item though and more of a chocolate snack!
Once Phil has eaten his way through the 'mainstream' cereals he may consider giving the gluten and wheat free ones a try. I notice from the very first blog post on The Cereal Quest that he's an IBS sufferer, he may find that the gluten and wheat free breakfast options may alleviate some symptoms...
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Friday, August 09, 2013
Not Winning at The Buttons in Bournemouth
While down in Bournemouth earlier this summer Emily and I headed to the amusement arcades on the seafront with our friend and Minigolf rival Seth ‘Wandsworth’ Thomas.
In the pier amusements we spotted a great looking bumble bee prize in one of the Prize Every Time grabbers and it would of made a great gift for another friend and Minigolf rival (and sometime blogger) Oliver ‘Oflo12’ Florence.
The players look at the buttons bee |
However, while playing the £2 machine I jiffed it and grabbed an orange thing that made a squeaky noise.
Jiffed, robbed, diddled, fiddled and daddled |
I was not best pleased.
The incorrect toy was sold for 20 pence on a car boot stall last week.
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
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