A visit to the Miniature Railway at Exhibition Park in Newcastle upon Tyne.
We were taking part in the Gift of Life 5k Run in Newcastle's Exhibition Park on Sunday and on our second lap of the Town Moor we spotted the miniature railway running!
We'll have to tot up how many miniature railways we've visited on our travels. We seem to be finding a lot more!
The miniature railway is operated by the Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers. One of the members told us that they operate train rides on the first Sunday of the month.
Fingers crossed we'll play the course on a visit to Oregon in the future. Laura lives in Portland and tells me that the city is full of dedicated gluten free places.
On our holiday to Scarborough earlier this year we stopped by for a look at the North Bay Railway.
Scalby Mills station
Unfortunately it was far too wet and late to have a ride when we arrived. And then on the Sunday we left it was far too nice a day to spend sitting on a train. Typical.
A set of carriages at Peasholm Station
The North Bay Railway runs from Peasholm Park to Scalby Mills - and there are miniature golf courses at both ends of the line!
Peasholm Station
A brown tourist sign at the bottom of the hill to Scalby Mills Station
A view of the North Bay from Scalby Mills Station
The carriages awaiting an engine at Peasholm Station
We do enjoy visiting miniature railways and have been to a fair few on our travels over the years.
Playing the Landmark Golf course at Wolsingham Sports Hall in County Durham.
On the way up to Newcastle upon Tyne last Friday we called in to Wolsingham Sports Hall to play the pop-up Landmark Golf course.
The course had been set up for the week and was proving popular. Some groups were finishing their rounds as we arrived and so we had a clear run at the layout.
Emily playing hole 8
We received a nice welcome at the leisure centre and from the chap at Landmark Golf. After Ian from the course had explained the rules and tee-off points we set off on our trip around the world in 9-holes.
The tee on hole 1
It's brilliant when a course has a wow factor and the Landmark Golf course certainly did with the Statue of Liberty. In fact each of the holes had something interesting about them.
We've played a number of fibreglass courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and this was certainly one of, if not, the best so far. We really liked the corner pieces that allowed for rebound skill shots to be played.
Back in London!
In our match-up I managed to secure the win with a round of 18 to Emily's 22.
Standing tall after my victory
We've been following Landmark Golf on social media for a while and it was nice we were able to time the trip to Newcastle with one of the Landmark Golf events.
Hole 7 - the Brooklyn Bridge and Statue of Liberty
Hole 8 - some large tools!
Hole 9 - the Taj Mahal
It was really nice to see a portable minigolf course set-up indoors at a sports hall. As we were leaving another couple of groups came in to play. It'd be brilliant if more leisure centres and sports halls had pop-up events like the one in Wolsingham.
Following its busy stint at Wolsingham Sports Hall the course moved up to Newcastle for a run at a hotel.
Emily playing hole 2
Speaking with Ian from Landmark Golf he told us that they create a number of different configurations with the course and obstacles and so the layout can be different each time. They've also got one of the 'letters' Crazy Golf courses which spells CRAZY GOLF when set-up. Hopefully we'll get to have another game of Landmark Golf in the future.
