Thursday, August 20, 2020

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley

Playing Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley.


Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley

We played our first new minigolf course in almost six months when we visited the Escape Entertainment Venue in Chorley, Lancashire last Thursday. It was the first course we've played during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley

The 18-hole indoor Gator Adventure Golf course became the 955th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Escape Entertainment in Chorley

The last round of minigolf I played was back on the 9th March, while our last round together was on the 19th January! Before our visit to Gator Adventure Golf the last totally new miniature golf course played on our tour was back on the 25th February.

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The Rules of Gator Golf

In our minigolf match-up I took the win with a score of 43 to Emily's 53.

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Playing hole 4

We were both a little rusty on our shots!

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Emily on hole 13

Photos of the 18-hole Floridian-themed adventure golf course.


Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 1

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The green on hole 1

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 2

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 2

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 3

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The green on hole 3

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 4

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Alligators!

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 5

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The raft from hole 5 to hole 6

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The raft

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 5

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 6

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 7

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 8

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 9

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 10

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 10

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 11

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 12

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 13

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 14

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 15

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 16

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 17

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 17

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 18

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
Hole 18

Check out the Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment website for more information, opening times and prices.


Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
We survived!

Gator Adventure Golf at Escape Entertainment in Chorley
The closest I'll be getting to flying anytime soon

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The Goonies street art

It's fun seeing street art and graffiti on my travels and I saw this superb piece by JXC Designs on my last trip down to London back in February.

Chunk from The Goonies graffiti in London
Truffle Shuffle!

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside

A look at the old Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside.


Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside

The former Blockbuster Video shop on Church Street in Prescot is now Partyworld, but the old QuikDrop box is still in place with visible branding.

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
Another 7 years late fee


If you look closely you can also see that the original Blockbuster sign is underneath the Partyworld sign.

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
Another Lost Blockbuster. It's good to see the Partyworld shop trading in its place though

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
Can you see the blue and yellow branding?

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
The old and the new - we didn't know Prescot had links to Shakespeare before our trip there. The crane is part of the building work of the new Shakespeare North Playhouse


Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
Quite a sight to see a Blockbuster Video QuikDrop box AND social distancing measures in the same place!

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
I wonder how many letters get posted in the QuikDrop box by mistake

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside
QuikDrop

Retail archaeology

It's always nice to see remnants of old brands and ghost signs when they are hidden in plain sight.

Since we found the remains of Blockbuster Video near us in Fallowfield, Manchester we've been looking to see if there are any other former branches still showing signs of the brand. We've found a Blockbuster Video Express in Colne, as well as remnants in Cheadle Hulme and Marple.

The second narrowest street in England

Finding the second narrowest street in England.


Stone Street - the second narrowest street in England
You can find Stone Street off Eccleston Street in Prescot town centre

We always enjoy finding odd, obscure and interesting things on our travels and while in Prescot, Merseyside we checked out a number of the plaques to find out more about the people and places in the town.

Stone Street - the second narrowest street in England
Stone Street is only 28 inches wide

We hadn't expected to find the second narrowest street in England there though. What a claim to fame.

Stone Street - the second narrowest street in England
The street isn't wide enough to socially distance on

Other narrow streets

The narrowest street in Britain is Parliament Street in Exeter, Devon which measures 25 inches at its narrowest.

The narrowest street in the world is Spreuerhofstraße in Reutlingen, Germany. That street measures just 12.2 inches at its narrowest!

Other narrow things

While on holiday in Scotland in 2014 we visited the Isle of Cumbrae and the seaside town of Millport where we stumbled upon The Wedge - the world's narrowest house at 47 inches wide.

I've also been to The Piece of Cheese Cottage in Hastings. That dwelling lays claim to being the only three-sided cottage in England and the second smallest cottage in the country.

Some lost brand shop signs from my travels

A look at some lost brand shop signs from my travels.


Lost brand shop signs
Clockwise from top left Woolworths Big W in Brunstane, Edinburgh; Toys R Us in Ancoats, Manchester; Tandy in Hitchin; Blockbuster in Fallowfield, Manhester; Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent; BHS in Stockport; Blockbuster Video Express in Colne; Kwik Save in Barrow-in-Furness; RadioShack in Saint Annes on the Sea


Do you have a favourite brand from the past?

Carpet Golf by Turner Research (1970)

From the Crazy Golf Museum's board game shelf - Carpet Golf by Turner Research (1970).


Carpet Golf by Turner Research (1970)

Have you played this game before?

Do you have a favourite miniature golf board game?

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

New Adventure Golf course planned for Lower Hyde Holiday Park

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course to be built at Lower Hyde Holiday Park in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.


There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course to be built at Lower Hyde Holiday Park in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.

Visit the Lower Hyde Holiday Park website for more information about the Parkdean site.


We've enjoyed our visits to the Isle of Wight on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and look forward to returning. There are a number of other new minigolf, crazy golf, grass putting and adventure golf courses on the island we're yet to play.

Parkdean Resorts operate 67 holiday parks in the UK, a number of which are home to miniature golf courses.

We visited the Crazy Golf course at Parkdean's Looe Bay Holiday Park in St Martins, Cornwall on our tour of the South West of England in June 2015.

Crazy Golf course at Parkdean's Looe Bay Holiday Park in St Martins, Cornwall
A colourful Crazy Golf course

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Colne in Bloom

We recently had a nice wander around Colne in Lancashire and saw a number of planters out for Colne in Bloom.


This one in particular caught our eye!

Colne in Bloom

We liked this one at Colne railway station as it had a nice train theme.

Colne in Bloom

The Titanic Bed commemorated the ship and the band master Wallace Hartley who was born in Colne.

The Titanic Bed in Colne