We spotted this Terminator-themed ice cream van on the M60 at the weekend!
A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Showing posts with label bootleg stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bootleg stuff. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Arnie Says "You'll be back!"
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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.
Friday, September 10, 2021
The Flintstones Crazy Golf
A look back at The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth, Dorset.
The scorecard from Tee Time Miniature Golf in Ocean City, New Jersey that I recently blogged about reminded me of The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth.
That course was the 77th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2008. It's long gone now.
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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, June 01, 2021
A Scooby Doo Ice Cream Van
Spotting a Scooby Doo Ice Cream Van at Mayflower Park in Southampton.
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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.
Monday, July 27, 2020
The Simpsons art on an ice cream van
We spotted an interestingly decorated ice cream van in Cheadle on Friday.
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| It's always fun seeing The Simpsons in unexpected places |
It's not the first time we've seen The Simpsons on an ice cream van - we saw this one in Leeds and another in Cheadle Heath.
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| This was on the High Street rather than Abbey Road |
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- The Simpsons
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Cheadle SK8, UK
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.
Friday, July 03, 2020
Resident Needle
I don't think I could've seen a better business name, sign and shopfront during my pandemic lockdown daily outdoor exercise than this one in Woodley Precinct, Stockport!
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| What voice would you use to say this shop name out loud? |
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- Resident Needle Tattoo Studio
- Resident Needle Tattoo Studio
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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.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
The Flintstones Crazy Golf
Caption this photo of me playing The Flintstones Crazy Golf course in Weymouth...
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| The Flintstones Crazy Golf course in Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth. October 2009 |
The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth was the 77th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2008. I replayed it in 2009.
It's now a lost course.
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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.
Thursday, July 11, 2019
The Simpsons ice cream van art
Spotting another Simpsons ice cream van.
It's always fun spotting Simpsons stuff while out and about and the family often appear in the artwork on ice cream vans, such as this glorious one we saw in Leeds.
We've also seen The Simpsons adorning Steve's Ices in Stockport.
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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.
Sunday, June 23, 2019
The Simpsons Dodgems in Great Yarmouth
The Homer with no nose we saw in Great Yarmouth wasn't the only sighting of The Simpsons back in the summer of 2016. We also spotted the family on the dodgems.
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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, June 22, 2019
The Simpsons ice cream van
We do enjoy spotting bootleg things and one of the best places to see them in use is on ice cream vans.
Continuing the bootleg Simpsons theme how about this for some ice cream van art we saw in Leeds last December.
Continuing the bootleg Simpsons theme how about this for some ice cream van art we saw in Leeds last December.
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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.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
'Homer Simpson' in Great Yarmouth
The chalkboard image of Homer Simpson that Emily spotted in Chicago reminded me of this 'Homer Simpson' we spotted in Great Yarmouth back in July 2016.
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| Where's Homer's nose? |
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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, June 19, 2019
The Flintstones Crazy Golf in Weymouth
A look back at The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth.
I was looking through some of the weird and wacky Crazy Golf courses we've visited over the years and found this snap of me playing a 'Flintstones' themed course back in 2009.
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| Fred and Barney look on as I tee-off in Weymouth |
The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove was the 77th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2008. I played it while in town to compete in the Weymouth Open tournament.
We've now visited 905 courses on our minigolfing travels since September 2006.
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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.
'Homer Simpson' and 'Peter Griffin' in Chicago
Emily found this superb chalkboard sign while in Chicago last month.
Someone is obviously better at drawing Peter Griffin.
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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, June 18, 2019
Godfather Pizza in Leicester
More Godfather bootleg goodness.
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| We spotted the Godfather Pizza place while in Leicester to play Crazy Golf at the weekend |
We've seen quite a few gangster-related businesses on our travels. There are a lot in Stockport!
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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.
Monday, June 10, 2019
seabay in Scarborough
Spotting the seabay shop in Scarborough.
We love visiting the seaside and enjoy spotting bootleg things, so it was a double-whammy when we saw the seabay shop in Scarborough's South Bay!
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| seabay! |
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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, June 04, 2019
Gizmo's Pizzeria in Morecambe
While walking along the promenade in Morecambe my bootleg senses began tingling and out of the corner of my eye I spotted the very busy Gizmo's Pizzeria!
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- Bootlegs
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| Gizmo's Pizzeria in Morecambe |
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| Gizmo's is open from 4pm to late - I hope it closes before midnight |
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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.
Thursday, May 09, 2019
Cheers - the off licence where everybody knows your name?
Having spotted the Cheers II pub in Worthing last month we noticed this Cheers off licence while down in Southampton.
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| The Cheers off licence in Woolston, Southampton |
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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.
Monday, April 08, 2019
Cheers II Worthing
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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.
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Ronaldo's in Bradford is not a Nando's...
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Leeds Rd, Bradford, UK
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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