Crazy Golf course at Ancaster Karting in Grantham

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Ancaster Karting in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Last November Emily spotted the Crazy Golf course at Ancaster Karting on her way home from a break at the Belton Woods Hotel in Grantham.

The course was the 854th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 923 courses since September 2006.

Emily swung by for another look on her recent return to Grantham.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Visit the Ancaster Karting website for more information.

The Crazy Golf layout is one of the LETTERS Crazy Golf sets manufactured by DK Fibreglass.

We've also seen this type of course at Verulamium Park in St Albans.

Related blog posts:
- Grantham
- Lincolnshire
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Putt in the Park Colchester opening this week

The new Putt in the Park adventure golf course at Castle Park in Colchester is opening this week.

The new 14-hole Putt in the Park minigolf course at Castle Park in Colchester, Essex will be opening this Wednesday, 28th August.

The Putt in the Park course at Battersea Park in London

The park used to be home to a couple of different minigolf courses that we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The old Eternit Miniature Golf course at Castle Park

The old miniature golf course at Castle Park

The new adventure golf course course in Colchester has been built by the team at Putt in the Park. We've played their courses in Wandsworth and Battersea in London on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. They also have a course in Acton we've yet to get along to.

Putt in the Park at Wandsworth Park in London

Link:
- Putt in the Park

Related blog posts:
- Colchester
- Putt in the Park
- Minigolf in Colchester (2009)
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Putting Green at the Belton Woods Hotel in Grantham

A look at the Putting Green at the Belton Woods Hotel in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Emily has just returned from a break at the Belton Woods Hotel in Grantham where she spotted a Putting Green.

Related blog posts:
- Grantham
- Lincolnshire
- Putting Green
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds, France

A look at Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds, France.

Le Mini Golf

Christopher Gottfried has struck minigolf gold again as he found another miniature golf course on his way home from holiday in Germany and France.

Christopher tells me that the castle you can see on the Mini Golf course is a miniature version of Château de Pierrefonds.

Visit Le Kiosque Mini-Golf Pierrefonds on Facebook for more information.

Christopher has now been to 30 courses in the UK and nine overseas countries. Prior to visiting Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds the last course he visited was at Adventuregolf Gutach in Germany.

Emily and I have been to eight of those 30 too. We have visited 884 courses in the British Isles and 39 courses in eleven overseas countries for a total of 923 course visits. The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now up to 945 courses since September 2006.

Miniature Golf Day 2019

It's less than a month until Miniature Golf Day 2019.

The second of the years Miniature Golf Days is fast approaching.

Miniature Golf Day is ALWAYS on the 21st of September.

Where will you be having a round or two?

At the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea

For some inspiration check out our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour blog post to see the 920+ courses we've visited on our travels since 2006.

Each year there are two annual 'days' to celebrate the game. The first of the year is National Miniature Golf Day which is on the second Saturday in May - you'll next be able to celebrate that on Saturday 9th May 2020.

Mini Golf at Lane7 in Newcastle

A revisit to the Mini Golf course at Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

On Saturday night we replayed the indoor mini golf course at Lane7 in Newcastle. In our one-round shootout I got the win with a score of 22 to Emily's 23.

We first played the mini golf course at Lane7 on Miniature Golf Day last September.

The mini golf course is located in the basement of the three-storey venue and sits alongside a pair of tenpin bowling lanes and bar area.

The 9-hole indoor minigolf course was the 495th played and 840th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Emily playing hole 3

We've now visited 922 courses since September 2006.

Playing hole 6

Visit the Lane7 website for opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Lane7
- Newcastle
- Minigolf and tenpin bowling
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf at Lane7 in Newcastle

Link:
- Lane7

Adventure Golf Gutach in Germany

Spotting Adventure Golf Gutach in Germany.

My brother Christopher was recently on holiday in Germany and while driving through Gutach spotted the adventure golf course there.

There's an old train carriage at the course!

Check out the Adventuregolf Gutach website for more information and photos of the 18-hole course.

Christopher has now been to 29 courses in the UK and nine overseas countries. Prior to Adventuregolf Gutach the last course he visited was the Mini Golf at the Resort Horizont & Splendid in Pula, Croatia.

Emily and I have been to eight of those 29 too. We have visited 883 courses in the British Isles and 39 courses in eleven overseas countries for a total of 922 course visits. The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now up to 943 courses since September 2006.

Miniature Railway at Exhibition Park in Newcastle

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.

Visit the Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers website for more information.

Back in 2009 we visited Exhibition Park to look at the derelict abandoned Crazy Golf course there. It was in a right state then and there was talk of a new course being built. That hasn't happened. We couldn't see the old course there either.

Related blog posts:
- Miniature Railways
- Newcastle

Link:
- Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Mini Golf at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon

A look at the Mini Golf course at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Mini Golf course at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, USA. Photo by Laura Emmerson

A BIG thank you goes to my friend, and fellow Coeliac blogger, Laura aka the Gluten Free Traveller for sending me these great photos of the Mini Golf course at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Mini Golf course at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, USA. Photo by Laura Emmerson

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.

Mini Golf course at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, USA. Photo by Laura Emmerson

Check out the Oaks Amusement Park website for more information.

The course at Oaks Amusement Park is the second Laura has found on her travels around Oregan. Earlier this week she spotted this Wizard of Oz Mini Golf course at Rockaway Beach.

We love seeing different courses around the world. The one at Oaks Amusement Park looks like it'd be fun to play.

North Bay Miniature Railway in Scarborough

A look at the North Bay Railway in Scarborough.

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.

Related blog posts:
- Miniature Railways
- Scarborough

Link:
- North Bay Railway

Crazy Golf at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn.

The Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn. Photo by Adam Dewar

Many thanks to my friend Adam Dewar for sending along these snaps from his visit to the minigolf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales.

The Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn. Photo by Adam Dewar

The Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn. Photo by Adam Dewar

The Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station in Newcastle Emlyn. Photo by Adam Dewar

The concrete course is next to the Teifi Valley Railway and one we played during our holiday in Wales back in August 2009. It's looking in a lot better condition than when we visited!

It's always nice to see that courses we've been to are still in use and even better when we find out they've been improved.

Playing the Tiki Hut Trail at Paradise Island Adventure Golf Manchester

We had another fun night playing Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester yesterday.

Emily playing hole 8

This time we played the Tiki Hut Trail and Emily won with a score of 33 to my 36.

Emily is the Big Kahuna of PIAG

33 is the best either of us have ever scored on the Tiki course and looking on the leader-board it was a new Course Record too!

The leader-board as it was

It was Emily's second win in-a-row on the Tiki Hut Trail following our match-up with Seth Thomas in July.

Emily also scored a Course Record on the Temple Ruins layout to win the Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship last month with a round of 30, including seven holes-in-one on the 18-hole course.

Playing hole 3

Playing hole 10

Playing hole 11

Related blog posts:
- Paradise Island Adventure Golf
- Trafford Centre
- Manchester

Link:
- Paradise Island Adventure Golf