A surprising 'bonus' Minigolf discovery in Chapel St Leonards.
After our trip to Mablethorpe and short visit to Sutton on Sea on Thursday 19th May 2011 we headed along the Lincolnshire coast towards Skegness.
We had noticed on the MiniatureGolfer.com Course List that there was a Crazy Golf course at the Lakeside in Chapel St Leonards so headed to see what we could find there.
But before we reached the Lakeside we drove through the Golden Palm Resort and spotted not one, but two Crazy Golf courses side-by-side at the Holiday Resort!
The two 9-hole courses were quite different, and both were fun to play. The Golden Palm Resort reminded us of a mini-Las Vegas, and is well worth a visit.
The first course we played (#231 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour) was the 'Sea Dwellers' Crazy Golf.
The course was made up of multiples of just a couple of base hole designs, but with different sea creatures on each. The theming was very well done, and it was quite different to Putt on a course with blue 'greens'!
In our first Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up in Chapel St Leonards Emily defeated me 17-19.
The second course (#232) was more 'traditional' (if such a thing exists in Minigolf), and was a felt on concrete design, with brick borders.
In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the second course Emily defeated me 20-21 to seal an 18-hole match victory against me too.
Links:
- Golden Palm Resort
- Golden Palm Resort Holiday Park Skegness
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Crazy Golf and Minigolf at The Golden Palm Resort, Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness
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Location:
Golden Palm Resort, South Road, Chapel Saint Leonards, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE24 5TR, UK
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.
No Crazy Golf or Minigolf in Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire anymore...
Unfortunately we couldn't find a trace of a Crazy Golf course in the seaside of Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire.
We did however spot a shop that shared a name with my Minigolf Nickname - Squire.
Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast
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Lincolnshire,
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Nicknames,
Squire,
Sutton on Sea
Location:
Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, UK
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.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Listen again to my Minigolf 'Show & Tell' on BBC Three Counties Radio...
I was invited to appear on the "Show & Tell" section of Gaz Wesley's Saturday Morning Programme on BBC Three Counties Radio today, to talk about the subject of Minigolf & Crazy Golf!
You can listen again from 36 minutes, 50 seconds.
A special Minigolf Hole-in-One Challenge between me and Gaz follows at 46 minutes, 30 seconds - after Thelma Houston's song 'Don't Leave Me This Way'.
Photo: Me and Gaz in the BBC Three Counties Radio Studio
Photo: Me and Gaz playing the special Minigolf Hole-in-One Challenge in the BBC Three Counties Radio Studio
Many thanks to Gaz and all the team at BBC Three Counties Radio for having me on the show :-)
Previous Blog Post - A Minigolf 'Show & Tell' on BBC Three Counties Radio this Saturday - 28th May, from 9am
You can listen again from 36 minutes, 50 seconds.
A special Minigolf Hole-in-One Challenge between me and Gaz follows at 46 minutes, 30 seconds - after Thelma Houston's song 'Don't Leave Me This Way'.
Photo: Me and Gaz in the BBC Three Counties Radio Studio
Photo: Me and Gaz playing the special Minigolf Hole-in-One Challenge in the BBC Three Counties Radio Studio
Previous Blog Post - A Minigolf 'Show & Tell' on BBC Three Counties Radio this Saturday - 28th May, from 9am
Labels:
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BBC Three Counties Radio,
Crazy Golf,
Gaz Wesley,
Minigolf,
Richard Gottfried,
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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.
Hooks Island Crazy Adventure Golf in Mablethorpe
Next up in Mablethorpe on Thursday 19th May 2011 was the Hooks Island Crazy Golf course. The course was the 230th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The course had an obvious Pirate-theme, but the course itself had clearly originally been an Arnold Palmer Putting Course. The set-up was 13-holes (12, plus a 'Top-Hole') and in our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up...I defeated Emily 30-32.
The course was fun to play, with many additional obstacles added to the course, that made it very different to playing a standard Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course.
The strangest of all the obstacles on the course (and one of the oddest we've seen to date) was on the 12th and final 'regulation' hole - it was a giant cigar-smoking Pirate Skull!
The fibreglass model was tricky to play too, as Emily found out on her tee-shot! You can play 'Spot the Ball' on the photo below.
Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast
Location:
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, UK
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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