Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston

A visit to Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf course at Level Preston.

Following the Delightfully Dull, Brilliantly Boring Evening in Preston last May I visited the 816th course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when I swung by the indoor Crazy Golf course at Level Preston.

It's just not cricket

Harry Putter 

The course has nods to local heritage, such as this hole themed on Bond's ice cream parlour 

A tea hole 

Tour de Preston

Jabba The Putt!

The other Bond's hole 

It's a fantastic venue packed full of fun activities including tenpin bowling, darts, shuffleboard, arcade games, laser tag and more.

The bar area looks fun too

We're looking forward to a return visit to Preston to spend more time at Level.

Link:
- Level Preston

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Crazy Golfing at Roxy Ball Room in Manchester

Playing the indoor Crazy Golf course at Roxy Ball Room in Manchester.

The final minigolf course we played in 2018 was the 18-hole indoor Roxy Golf course at Roxy Ball Room in Manchester.

In April last year the indoor Crazy Golf course at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate became the 810th minigolf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - one of 64 courses we went to in 2018.

It was the 477th played overall since our travels began in 2006.

On that occasion I scored a round of 59. This time round I scored a 49 while Emily shot a 65.

Hole 2 is the toughest of the 18-holes - this is the tee-off area and first part

The second section - believe me, that ramp up to the cup is very very very tricky to play!

We had a brilliant night out at the New Year's Eve party at Roxy Ball Room. As well as Crazy Golf Roxy Ball Room also has plenty of pool tables, beer pong, table tennis, shuffleboard and more.

Emily playing in the UV section of the Roxy Golf course

We've also played the indoor Crazy Golf course at Roxy Ball Room in Leeds. That course was the 673rd we visited.

Link:
- Roxy Ball Room

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
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Crazy Golf at Drift Park in Rhyl

A revisit to the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl.

Our penultimate course visit of 2018 was to the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl on Saturday 29th December.

The course was originally the 145th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Back in 2009 the 11-hole Crazy Golf course was the 25th visited on our mammoth minigolf roadtrip around Wales.

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Sea World Crazy Golf at Pensarn Beach in Abergele

A revisit to the Sea World Crazy Golf course at the Surfside Amusements in Abergele.

We revisited the Surfside Crazy Golf course at Pensarn Beach in Abergele, Wales on Saturday 29th December.

Back on Friday 22nd September 2017 the course became the 463rd played and 782nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It's a 13-hole course, with 9-holes of Crazy Golf in a sea world theme, while holes 10-13 are in a completely different style. It's an intriguing layout and was good fun to play.

Visit Surfside Amusements on Facebook for more information.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour update

A look at our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour to date.

At the first courses we visited on our tour - at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Last year we visited 64 minigolf courses.

We've now visited 859 since 2006.

821 have been in the British Isles.

38 were overseas.

We've played 503 of them.

Many of the other 356 have been closed, derelict or abandoned.

More info on the courses we've been to can be found on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses visited list.

Key minigolf dates for the year ahead

Happy 2019! We hope you have a brilliant year of minigolf.

Last February we had a crazy 42-hours in Sweden where we were able to visit nine courses, including our 800th overall - at Swing by Golfbaren in Stockholm

Check out these key dates for your minigolf diary.

• Saturday 11th May - National Miniature Golf Day (this falls on the second Saturday in May).
• Saturday 21st September - Miniature Golf Day (this is always on the 21st September).
• Monday 30th September - 13 years of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea - where our travels began in 2006

• #MiniGolfMonday - every Monday of the year.
• For international minigolf competitions visit the World Minigolf Sport Federation website
• For UK minigolf tournaments visit the British Minigolf Association website.

Are you planning a minigolf event in 2019 or do you have a BIG minigolf anniversary to celebrate this year - do get in touch to let us know!

Did you know:

• Miniature Golf will be 152 years old in 2019! The world's first Grass Putting course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867. The Himalayas is still there now and is a real pleasure to play.
• The first minigolf course in the USA opened in 1916. It was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, NC.
• A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games.
• Crazy Golf is 93 years old in 2019. The very first course opened in 1926 on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.
• 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA, with the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course opening near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN.
• It'll be 89 years since the first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930. 
• The Minigolf course reviewers at The Putting Penguin celebrate their 18th year in 2019, while A Couple of Putts reach their seventh year.

Happy New Year 2019

Happy New Year.

This course is at the Solna Bangolfklubb in Stockholm. It was one of nine courses we visited on our 42-hour trip to Sweden in February last year

All the very best for the year ahead.

Here's to plenty more happy Putting throughout 2019 and beyond.

Richard and Emily

Miniature Golf at the Harbour Gardens in Morecambe

A 1930's view of the Harbour Gardens in Morecambe.

I found this wonderful old postcard showing the Harbour Gardens in Morecambe, Lancashire. What a spot it must've been to play minigolf.

Postcard showing Harbour Gardens, Morecambe. G.5021 by Allen & Sons, Blackpool 21A. The card was postally used on 19 August 1937 and sent to Leeds

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The abandoned Crazy Golf course at Stamford Park in Stalybridge

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Stamford Park in Stalybridge.

This year has flown by and we've made visits to 64 more courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. One of those courses was local to us and a real bonus to find.

As we have been busy exploring our new local area since moving north in the summer of 2016 we've checked out local villages, towns and cities and also had a look at a number of parks in the area to see what we can visit. While looking at the Ashton-under-Lyne area we spotted what looked to be the outline of a minigolf course.

On the 4th February we finally made some time to visit Stalybridge to look for the Crazy Golf course there. We're glad we did.

The 9th hole of the abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stamford Park, Stalybridge - it was a unique layout!

The abandoned Crazy Golf course became the 797th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We're now up to 859 course visits on our travels since September 2006.

 

Following our trip to Stalybridge the next courses we visited were in Sweden.

Some of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour stats:

• 859 courses visited overall
• 821 in the British Isles
• 64 visited in 2018
• 33 played this year
• 503 played overall since September 2006

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Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs

Who was Pat Regan?

A look at a mysterious postcard from Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs.

I found this interesting old miniature golf postcard at the recent Stockport Postcard Fair.

The postcard is postally unused, but interestingly is signed by Pat Regan himself

Pat Regan's Putting Green on the Thanet coast in Broadstairs, Kent was in the same spot that is now Lillyputt Minigolf.

We visited and played the Lillyputt Minigolf course back in September 2007. It was the 35th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 859.

The Lillyputt Minigolf course in Broadstairs is a nice Arnold Palmer Putting Course layout

I haven't been able to find out anything about Pat Regan. Was he the course owner or a local golf pro? I'd love to know.

You can find out more about the course on the Lillyputt Minigolf website. One of the photos in the gallery section shows the area as Jack Nunn's Putting Green.

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