Krunchy Fried Chicken in Fallowfield, Manchester

Finding a 'KFC' in Fallowfield.

Krunched in sign!

We've seen a number of 'KFCs' on our travels, including this Krunchy Fried Chicken in Fallowfield, Manchester.

There are Krunchy Fried Chicken shops in Liverpool and Stalybridge too.

Four months until Christmas Day...

...where has the year gone!

A Christmas Crazy Golf hole at Teezers Coventry - we played there at Easter 2019

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester

We walked past Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester on our first wander in the city centre in a while on Saturday afternoon.

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks is home to two indoor 18-hole courses.

They have reopened following the lockdown closure.

You can also find Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Cardiff and Leicester.

Visit the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more information.

The Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Manchester were the 799th and 800th courses visited in the UK on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 955 courses overall.

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Mini Golf at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate in Manchester

We walked past Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate in Manchester on our first trip to the city centre in quite a while on Saturday afternoon.

We've played the Mini Golf course at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate a few times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and enjoyed seeing in the New Year there a couple of years ago.

It's an indoor 18-hole minigolf layout.

Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate has now reopened following the lockdown.

Visit the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Work is underway on Roxy Ball Room's second venue in the city. The new location is at Withy Grove. We had a walk by that site on Saturday too and managed to see something very interesting through the windows...

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Windmills by Dracula's Miniskirt

Check out the new video for Windmills by Dracula's Miniskirt.

Hole 14 of the Prestatyn Crazy Golf course

The new video for the song Windmills by US-band Dracula's Miniskirt features a Crazy Golf windmill.

It's the windmill at the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn, Wales. It's cool to see a minigolf video of mine in the music video!

Here's me scoring a hole-in-one on it.

Find out more about Dracula's Miniskirt on the band's website.

Junkyard Golf advertising in Manchester

Spotting some new Junkyard Golf advertising in Manchester.

We saw some new Junkyard Golf posters on our first walk round Manchester in a while.

The indoor crazy golf venue in Manchester has now reopened and we saw people queuing to get in when we walked past on Saturday afternoon.

Visit the Junkyard Golf website for more information.

Playing at Junkyard Golf

The last course I played before the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown was at Junkyard Golf's First Street venue in Manchester back on the 9th March 2020.

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FINGER LICKING CHICKEN in Withington, Manchester

Finger Licking Chicken in Withington, Manchester.

We've seen quite a few 'KFCs' on our travels, but the only Finger Licking Chicken we've spotted is in Withington, Manchester.

Socially distanced benches in Spinningfields

A pair of socially distanced benches in Spinningfields, Manchester.

One person only at this time

This doesn't look like the most comfortable bit of seating even at the best of times

We saw two other benches in the time of Coronavirus in Colne.

New Mini Golf course in York

There are plans for a new minigolf course to be created in York.

The team at York Mini Golf are seeking people's views on the proposed minigolf course at Library Lawns next to York Library on Museum Street.

There are two consultation events taking place regarding the proposed mini golf course. They are on Tuesday 25th August and Thursday 3rd September.

For more information visit the York Mini Golf Facebook Page.

The new tourist attraction would be themed around York's history and encourage visitors to find out more about the city's heritage.

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One day only minigolf in Worcester

The Commandery gardens in Worcester will be home to a crazy golf course this coming Bank Holiday.

The 9-hole minigolf layout at The Commandery will be set-up for visitors to play on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August.

For more information visit The Commandery on Facebook and the Museums Worcestershire website.

The Commandery was the Royalist Headquarters during the deciding batter of the English Civil War, the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

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Marge Simpson graffiti in Manchester

Spotting some Marge Simpson graffiti high above Deansgate in Manchester.

You need a keen eye for street art to spot this piece

While on our first walk in Manchester city centre for quite some time on Saturday Emily spotted this piece of Simpsons graffiti high above Deansgate.

We recently spotted some Itchy & Scratchy graffiti on the Fallowfield Loop in Manchester and last August we saw this Simpsons graffiti in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Kingtucky Fried Chicken in Manchester

Do you have a favourite fried chicken takeaway brand?

We've seen quite a few 'KFCs' on our travels.

The long closed Kingtucky Fried Chicken in Manchester

Mini Golf cupcakes!

Thank you to the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club for sending us these brilliant minigolf-themed THANK U cupcakes made by Humble Bumble Bakes.

During lockdown and over the summer the team at the Filwood Centre in Knowle West, Bristol have created a home-based minigolf club for local residents. Having received supplies of arts and crafts materials the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club members were challenged to create their own crazy golf holes. It's been brilliant being a part of the club, judging the designs at the PUTT PARTY and discussing plans and ideas at the recent TEE PARTY.

Check out the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club and the Filwood Centre for more information about the minigolf club and the exciting plans for the new Crazy Golf course being created at the community centre in Knowle West, Bristol.

We're looking forward to playing there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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The Movie Box in Manchester

A look at a Manchester video shop.

You don't see video shops all that often any more

The shop is also called The Corner Store

And the Mac & PC Centre

Invaders in Manchester

A look at a piece of Invader street art in Manchester.

It was nice to have a walk round Manchester again for the first time in a while on Saturday.

One of the best free-to-do activities in the city centre is to look for street art. There's plenty of it about.

Space Invaders

Manchester is the site of an Invasion by French street artist Invader. He created 47 pieces of mosaic tile art with a total points value of 970 back in 2004.

You have to look in a wide-range of places to see the Invaders

Over the years some of these retro video game inspired pieces have been damaged, removed or stolen. While some have been lost entirely because the building they were on has been demolished!

Luckily some of these lost Invaders have been replaced.

Look up!

Crazy Pool

A look at minigolf and billiard hybrid games.

We've seen a fair few variations and hybrids of minigolf, pool, snooker & billiards games on our travels. These have included Crazy Golf Pool and Pit-Pat, as well as some Crazy Golf obstacles that have been created using old pool and snooker tables.

We visited Skegness in 2011 and there was a sign for Crazy Pool on the promenade. It shared the sign for The Original Crazy Golf but there wasn't a trace of any tables when we were there.

A sign for Crazy Pool in Skegness, Lincolnshire back in 2011

Roxy Ball Room in Liverpool's Hanover Street will be home to a Crazy Pool game when it reopens later this month. It'll be an 8-table layout and I'm intrigued to see what the set-up is.

I first saw the game of Pit-Pat (obstacle billiards) in Vienna, Austria back in 2010 - it's like minigolf but played with cues.

You can find official Pit-Pat courses indoors at The Floodgate in Digbeth, Birmingham (where it's called Pit-Pat Table Golf) and outdoors at Watermouth Family Theme Park and Castle in Devon (where it is known as Crazy Snooker).

The only other full-size outdoor Pit-Pat layout in the UK was in Littlehampton. Sadly it became a lost course in 2017.

A selection of the minigolf and cue-sport crossovers we've seen on our travels

Related blog posts:
- Crazy Snooker Pool Billiards Golf and Pit-Pat
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - courses we've visited to date

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Week 4 of the Putt18 World Pro League

My results in week 4 of the Putt18 World Pro League.

I've just completed my rounds in Week 4 of the Putt18 World Pro League.

Provisional scores for Week 4:
- Round 1 = 79
- Round 2 = 70
- Round 3 = 74
- Round 4 = 76

Total = 299

Timings of the rounds:
- Round 1 = 3:37.92
- Round 2 = 4:06.46
- Round 3 = 4:21.90
- Round 4 = 4:45.40

Total = 16:50.70

For more information on the Putt18 golf game mat check out the Putt18 website.

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Ghetto Golf heading to Sheffield

Sheffield will be home to a new indoor crazy golf venue as Ghetto Golf are set to create a course in a vacant industrial warehouse in the John Street area of the city.

The adults-only indoor crazy golf course will also feature a bar and street food.

Ghetto Golf Sheffield will be the fourth venue, following Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle upon Tyne.

There are also plans for a Ghetto Golf course in Glasgow.

Visit the Ghetto Golf website for more information.

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New Caddyshackers Crazy Golf opening in Nottingham

Caddyshackers will be opening a new crazy golf venue in Nottingham.

The city centre venue will be home to a 9-hole and an 18-hole crazy golf layout, with a bar, dartboards and arcade games too.

Caddyshackers in Nottingham is planned to open later this year or in early 2021.

Caddyshackers was originally set-up as an adults-only competitive socialising venue, however they now allow under-18s at certain times.

Visit the Caddyshackers website for more information.

There is an 18-hole Caddyshackers venue in Leicester. It became the 903rd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we played there last year.

Playing at Caddyshackers in June 2019

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Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room in Liverpool

Liverpool's Roxy Ball Room venue on Hanover Street has received a makeover and is reopening on the 27th August.

One of the new games to play at Roxy Ball Room on Hanover Street will be Crazy Pool.

The team at Roxy Ball Room has described it as mash up of minigolf and pool.

It'll be interesting to see what the game is like and if it's Pit-Pat, or another variant on billiards and miniature golf.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for details of their eleven venues and the games on offer.

The Roxy Ball Room venue at Rainford Square in Liverpool is home to a crazy golf course. We're yet to play there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We have played minigolf at Boar Lane in Leeds and Deansgate in Manchester.

The new Withy Grove Roxy Ball Room in Manchester will also be home to a minigolf course.

Check out my blog post "Crazy Snooker Pool Billiards Golf and Pit-Pat" for a look at some of the stranger miniature golf and cue-sports crossover games we've played on our travels.

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