Octoputts Crazy Golf in King's Lynn, Norfolk

A new indoor crazy golf course is open in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

The 18-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark crazy golf course has an underwater theme.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour next time we're in the area.

Visit the Octoputts Crazy Golf website for more information.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf in Birmingham

The Adventure Golf course at Star City in Birmingham has reopened as Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf.

Adventure Golf at Star City in Birmingham

The former Adventure Island Mini Golf indoor adventure golf venue at Star City in Birmingham is now open under the Jungle Rumble brand.

The venue is home to two indoor 18-hole adventure golf courses - the Lost Hut Trail and the Hidden Cove Challenge.

I first visited the location shortly after it opened in 2008 when it was known as Adventure Island Mini Golf.

Over the years we've played the course for fun, leagues, and tournaments.

The courses were the 57th and 58th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

Filmtown in Finland

From Filmtown to Candytown.

Many thanks to my Finnish friend Ion Mittler who has let me know that the Filmtown movie rental chain is stopping film rentals and becoming a chain of sweet shops called Candy Town.

Filmtown is the last movie rental chain in the country. There are currently forty Filmtown stores in Finland, and you can still rent films from four of them for the remainder of 2023 and 2024. The others have already become candy stores.

Ion called into one of the Filmtown stores last weekend and took these snaps. He noted that while there everyone was buying candies and that no one was renting movies.

It's fascinating seeing the change in consumer habits and looking at retail history. We've been to a fair few former video stores on our travels over the last few years.

Check out the Filmtown website for more information.

Adventure Golf at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre in Orpington, Kent

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre in Orpington, Kent.

The 18-hole Adventure Golf will be an outdoor layout.

Visit the Ruxley Manor Garden Centre website for more information.

Jurassic Mini-Golf at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon

A new Jurassic-themed Mini-Golf course is opening at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon, Essex.

The indoor dinosaur-themed Mini-Golf course will be part of the new Jurassica Live venue at the shopping centre.

Visit the Jurassica Live website for more information.

Mini-Golf at Teesside Park

A new Mini-Golf course is planned to open at Teesside Park in Stockton-on-Tees.

The 12-hole indoor Mini-Golf course is set to open as part of an expanded Hollywood Bowl centre.

The layout will be a Puttstars Mini-Golf course.

Puttstars Mini-Golf in Rochdale (June 2021)

Visit the Hollywood Bowl and Puttstars websites for more information.

We've played at Puttstars before, and been to Teesside Retail Park - but not done both together. We visited the old Toys R Us store there in April 2021.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy at Camping World, Horsham

A new Christmas-themed Mini Golf course will be set up at Camping World in Horsham, Surrey in November and December.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy will be a 9-hole course themed on famous landmarks from around the world, decorated with a festive-theme.

Find out more on the Globetrotters Mini Golf website.

Sneaky Links Mini-Golf in Bury St Edmunds

A new indoor minigolf course is opening in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Sneaky Links Mini-Golf is a 9-hole indoor miniature golf course and will be opening in Bury St Edmunds in November.

The venue describes itself as a 'boozy crazy golf' will open on Brentgovel Street.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when visiting family and friends in East Anglia.

Check out the Sneaky Links website for more information.

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

A visit to Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

We swung by Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes earlier this month.

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf can be found in the Theatre District of Milton Keynes and is home to two 12-hole indoor courses.

We played both - there's a discount when playing both layouts - teeing-off on the Enchanted Forest course, before tackling the Underwater Kingdom.

In our minigolf match-up Emily shot a 27 to defeat me and my 29 on the Enchanted Forest. I won the round on the Underwater Kingdom with a score of 27 to Emily's 33, to also give me the overall victory 56 to 60.

Emily teeing-off among the giant obstacles

We've played several of the Mr Mulligan's brand of minigolf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including the outdoor Pirate Golf Mr Mulligan's at the Abbey Hill Golf Centre also in Milton Keynes.

The theming on the courses was excellent. We both agreed that the Enchanted Forest was our favourite of the two challenges.

The giant Venus Fly Trap was my favourite hole on the course - I managed to get a hole-in-one on it too

The Enchanted Forest course at Mr Mulligan's was the 1,032nd course visited and 570th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. The Underwater Kingdom was the 1,033rd visited and 571st played.

You can find Mr Mulligan's minigolf courses in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Romford, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge, Woking, and Worcester.

Visit the Mr Mulligan's website for more information.

Mini Golf Cumberland at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven

Mini Golf Cumberland Edition has opened at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

A new indoor Mini Golf course has opened at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Mini Golf Cumberland is a 9-hole layout, with obstacles themed on Cumberland landmarks.

The course opened on Saturday 21st October and closes on Sunday 14th April 2024.

Visit The Beacon Museum website for more information.

As Curators of The Crazy Golf Museum it's nice to see another museum including minigolf as an interactive exhibit to facilitate learning.

We visited Cumbria earlier this year, but didn't have time to visit Whitehaven. Hopefully we'll get to have a game on the Mini Golf Cumberland Edition course at The Beacon Museum on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Robotazia - a robot-themed restaurant in Milton Keynes

On our recent trip to Milton Keynes we spotted a robot-themed restaurant in the Theatre District.

Sadly it was permanently closed.

What a concept though.

The restaurant opened in 2020 and closed earlier this year.

Mini Golf at The Light cinema in Banbury

There's a new mini golf course at The Light cinema in Banbury.

The Light cinema in Banbury, Oxfordshire is now also home to a 10-hole mini golf course.

The course is a film-themed layout.

The indoor glow-in-the-dark crazy golf course will be another new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we're back in my home county.

Visit The Light Banbury's website for more information.

Putt Putt Noodle in Colchester

A new Putt Putt Noodle indoor minigolf venue is planned to open in Colchester.

The katakana characters on the left of the Putt Putt Noodle logo translate as 'Lucky'

There are plans to turn the former Debenhams department store in Colchester, Essex into an indoor crazy golf course.

Visit the Putt Putt Noodle website to find out more about the brand's existing courses.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

BUNKERS! Crazy Golf opening in Romford

A new BUNKERS! indoor entertainment venue is planned to open in November.

BUNKERS! at The Brewery shopping centre in Romford, Essex will be home to a crazy golf course, shuffleboard, and axe throwing.

Visit the BUNKERS! website for more information about the new venue, as well as the existing BUNKERS! location in Swansea.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Golf Fang crazy golf in Nottingham

A new indoor minigolf venue is opening in Nottingham city centre.

A Golf Fang indoor crazy golf venue is opening on Huntingdon Street in Nottingham.

Visit the Golf Fang website for more information on the brand's existing courses.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Winning the Weymouth Mini Golf Open

I won the Weymouth Open minigolf tournament on this day in 2008.

The inaugural Weymouth Open minigolf competition was held on the 18-hole Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at the Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth, Dorset on Sunday 12th October 2008.

I had an excellent career record in Weymouth Open events. As well as winning the individual title in 2008, my team-mate Chris Harding and I were the Weymouth Open doubles champions in 2011.

I was also runner-up in the 2009 and 2011 events and seventh in 2010. In the 2009 tournament Kevin Moseley and I were tied after two rounds and it took 4-holes of a sudden-death play-off to separate us.

The Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course was the 77th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 1,037 courses since September 2006.

Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes

There are three 12-hole courses at Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes.

Volcano Falls Adventure Golf can be found at Xscape in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. We swung by on our visit to the town last Thursday evening.

The three themed courses are Coney Island Carnival, Tropicana Beach Club and Volcano Valley.

You can find other Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses in Edinburgh and Castleford.

Visit the Volcano Falls Adventure Golf website for further information.

'Pop Up' Summertime Fun in Luton

We missed it.

We revisited our old home town of Luton last weekend and spotted this poster in the window of the old Debenhams advertising the 'Pop Up' Summertime Fun event in Luton's Wardown Park earlier this year. It included free Crazy Golf!

We've spent a lot of time in Wardown Park. The park has had some different courses over the years - including a fibreglass Crazy Golf layout, and a Putting/mini-Pitch & Putt course. It's currently home to an Adventure Golf course.

Wardown Adventure Golf course in Wardown Park, Luton (June 2021)

Wardown Park's first miniature golf course opened on the 19th June 1934 - so our visit in 2021 came 87 years to the day since the first putt was taken in the park!

Aces Minigolf Gloucester is growing

The superb 12-hole miniature golf layout at Dobbies Garden Centre in Gloucester is expanding to become an 18-hole course.

We played the Aces Minigolf Gloucester course in July 2021 to play a few rounds and compete in the Aces Minigolf Gloucester Invitational Tournament - that event was the first minigolf competition we'd played in since 2019 and it was fun to be back in action.

The new holes will be on the other side of the fence on the right hand side

It'll be interesting to see what the new 6-holes look and play like.

Aces Minigolf Gloucester

Check out the Aces Minigolf Gloucester Facebook Page for more information, opening times and prices.

Aces Minigolf Gloucester was the 967th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 550th played since September 2006.