Golf Putting in Largs - Putting on the Ritz

Visiting the Ritz Putting Green in Largs.

After our visit to Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae in the morning, we spent the afternoon in Largs. While there we spotted a sign for three locations with some sort of miniature golf.

Putting and Crazy Golf that way, Putting the other way

The first spot we visited in Largs was the 'Putting on the Ritz' along the seafront.

Putting on the Ritz in Largs - home to two 18-hole grass Putting courses

At the Barrfields Putting in Largs

The two 18-hole Putting Greens in Largs looked in excellent condition

Putting on the Ritz in Largs

After lunch we visited the Mackerston Putting Green in the other direction to the Barrfields/Ritz Putting couse and unfortunately didn't make it back there, or to the Aubery Park Crazy Golf course, before closing time.

We were also melting in the heat, wandered in the wrong direction for a while and then spotted one of the hourly trains back to Ardrossan had just arrived! Hopefully we'll revisit Largs and the Isle of Cumbrae one day and play the courses we missed next time.

The Putting on the Ritz 18-hole courses were the 565th and 566th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Links:
- Putting on the Ritz on Facebook
- Largs Online - Putting page

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date
- Scotland
- Mackerston Putting Green in Largs

The Wedge - The World's Narrowest House

While on holiday in Scotland we visited the Isle of Cumbrae and the seaside town of Millport where we stumbled upon The Wedge - the world's narrowest house!

The Wedge in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae - the World's Narrowest House!

The Wedge - Recorded as Britain's Narrowest House - note that the 'e' in House doesn't fit, brilliant

The plaque and QR code outside The Wedge that proclaims its status as the World's Narrowest House

My arm-span is bigger than the width of The Wedge!

Crazy Golf in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae

Visiting Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae and playing the island's Crazy Golf course.

The Isle of Cumbrae - home to one town and one Crazy Golf course

During our holiday in Scotland we took the ferry across the Firth of Clyde to visit the Isle of Cumbrae and the island's only town - Millport.

After a short ferry crossing from Largs and quick bus ride from the ferry terminal we arrived in Millport.

On the ferry from Largs to the Isle of Cumbrae

The town is home to a Crazy Golf course which we played almost straight away.

The Crazy Golf course in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae

Emily lining up a shot on hole 2

One of the toughest holes on the course

Emily putting her way to a Crazy Golf win on the Isle of Cumbrae 

A view of the Millport Crazy Golf course

Millport's Crazy Golf course

An uphill shot - a potential nightmare of a hole

Emily on one of the many tricky holes on Millport's Crazy Golf course

Playing a shot on Millport's Crazy Golf course

A fun round (if a little frustrating) round of Crazy Golf, with some great views

In our match - the first round of play on our holiday - Emily won with a great score of 41 to my 43, hitting a brilliant shot on the last hole to take the win.

We really enjoyed our time on the island and would love to go back in the future. The weather on the day we visited the 'Costa Del Clyde' was magnificent and the views from the isle were wonderful.

One of the brilliant views from Millport

Millport Crazy Golf was the 339th course we've played and 564th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Isle of Cumbrae was also the 10th island we've visited on our travels around the UK since 2006.

The ferry arriving at the Isle of Cumbrae ready to take us back to Largs - where we would find some more Miniature Golf courses...

Links:
- Millport Crazy Golf on Facebook
- The official tourist information site for Millport and the Isle of Cumbrae

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date
- Scotland
- Spotting an Abandoned Shoe in an odd spot in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae

Crazy Golf in Ardrossan, Scotland

Visiting Ardrossan and finding a Crazy Golf course on the seafront.

The view of the 18-hole Crazy Golf course on the seafront at Ardrossan

On our holiday to Scotland we booked our first night's stay in the seaside town of Ardrossan and what do you know but opposite the Lauriston Hotel was a Crazy Golf course!

Our BA flight was massively delayed arriving at Glasgow which meant we didn't get to check in until after midnight making the course visit in the early hours of the 25th July 2014 probably the latest we'd ever sniffed round a miniature golf course!

Unfortunately for us it was a derelict course, but during our time in Ardrossan we did see a few people playing the course with their own equipment.

You can find the Crazy Golf course on South Crescent Road in Ardrossan

The course was the 225th course we've found to be unplayable for one reason or another on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 563rd visited overall since September 2006.

 

When we looked around the 18-hole layout you could see the spot where a hut for the Minigolf course once stood.

We really enjoyed our short stay in Ardrossan and would definitely revisit the seaside town. It was a nice, relaxing spot, with good links to Largs, Ayr and Glasgow where we also travelled to on our holiday.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date
- Scotland
- Ardrossan Swings

Spotting an Abandoned Shoe in an odd spot in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae

What an odd place to see an abandoned shoe!



The Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland is a brilliant place with wonderful views and a great seaside town of Millport.

The abandoned Scottish Saltire Flip-Flop bobbing about in the sea at Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae in Scotland

The UK abandoned shoe count currently stands at 2678.

Links:
- Abandoned Shoe Spotter
- Abandoned Shoe related blog posts

Ardrossan swings

If playing on the swings was a Commonwealth Games sport I'd have a chance to win at least a Bronze medal I reckon.

Playing on the swings opposite our hotel in the very nice little seaside town of Ardrossan in North Ayrshire. The town was on the route for the Queen's Baton Relay, hence the Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games banner around the park

News Release - World Finger Jousting Championships at World Alternative Games 2014

Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, UK, 28 July 2014 - Competitors invited to take part in official World Finger Jousting Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells.

On Sunday, August 10th competitors will square-off to compete in the World Finger Jousting Federation’s international championship in Britain’s smallest town, Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales. The tournament will be hosted by the 2014 World Alternative Games.

Finger Jousting Competitors at the 2012 World Alternative Games in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales

Finger jousting is a sport where two consenting players square off in an attempt to prod their opponent with their lancing (right) index finger before the opposing player can. The competitors must keep their right hands locked in an arm wrestling fashion and not use their legs or latent (left) arm in an offensive manner. The competitors are known as jousters, and the act of touching the other person’s body with the index finger is known as lancing.

Entry to the World Finger Jousting Championships cost £4 per person and players can enter and pay on the day or secure a place by registering to compete in advance via the World Alternative Games website.

The World Alternative Games in Llanwrtyd Wells were created in 2012 as an alternative to the “other big event” taking place in the United Kingdom that year. In 2014 the World Alternative Games will hold their over 60 interesting sports, games, and events between Friday, August 8th and Monday, August 25th.

Read the full news release on the World Finger Jousting Federation website.

'Driving' a Train at Falkirk High Station

Emily and I have just returned from a great holiday in Scotland where we rode the rails along the coast from Ardrossan to Ayr and then inland to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and a few nights stay in Falkirk.

Falkirk High station was the scene of one of my favourite photos from the holiday!

'Driving' a miniature barrel train at Falkirk High station as the ScotRail train we arrived on prepares to depart 

Further blog posts with details of the Miniature Golf courses we visited and played in Ardrossan, Largs, Millport - on the Isle of Cumbrae, Troon, Prestwick, Ayr and Falkirk will follow in the coming weeks.