Mini Adventure Golf course at Thurston Manor Leisure Park in Dunbar

There are plans to create a Mini Adventure Golf course at Thurston Manor Leisure Park in Innerwick, Dunbar, Scotland.

Visit the Thurston Manor Leisure Park website for more information.

Coeliac Awareness Week 2026

This year Coeliac Awareness Week takes place from the 18th to the 24th May.

Find out more on the Coeliac UK website.

What is Coeliac Disease?

Coeliac Disease is a lifelong autoimmune condition, where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. In Coeliac Disease the immune system mistakes substances found inside gluten as a threat to the body and attacks them. This can trigger a number of painful, horrible, stressful and uncomfortable symptoms.

In the UK it's estimated that 1 in 100 people have the condition.

Living a gluten free life

I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease 18 years ago. And so began my journey into the gluten free world.

Having suffered from a range of symptoms for around ten years I finally received a positive diagnosis of Coeliac Disease following some 'interesting' and in-depth tests and procedures in 2008. It came as a relief to finally have a name for the mysterious cause of my illnesses and ailments, but at the time I was only given a brief summary and told that I'd have to "cut down on bread and beer". It was only later when I met with a Gastroenterologist and a dietitian that I found out that the only treatment for people with Coeliac Disease is a strict, life-long gluten free diet.

While having a life-long condition such as Coeliac Disease can be a pain - and horrible if I 'get glutened' - having the disease has had some positives. I've met great people since my diagnosis and have made some brilliant friends who I've met through Coeliac groups. I've also blogged a lot about living with the condition and the great Free From food & drink I've found since 2008.

For more information on Coeliac Disease visit the NHS Choices and Coeliac UK websites.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room

Currently 13 of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Edinburgh (Rose Street)
• Leeds (Boar Lane)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Manchester (Deansgate)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

What is Crazy Pool?

Crazy Pool is a cross-between Crazy Golf and Pool, played on tables using golf balls and a cue.

Roxy Ball Room's sister brand King Pins is also home to a Crazy Pool course at the White Rose Centre venue in Leeds.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Leisure and King Pins websites for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Lanes Edinburgh Rose Street

There's Crazy Pool at Roxy Leisure's venue at Edinburgh Rose Street.

Roxy Lanes on Edinburgh's Rose Street is now home to a crazy pool layout.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

New Crazy Golf course in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

A new crazy golf venue is opening in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Volcano Valley crazy golf is opening at Cromwell Leisure Park in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire this year.

Find out more on the Volcano Valley Facebook Page.

Globalls Mini-Golf opening in Weymouth, Dorset

A new indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf venue is opening in Weymouth, Dorset.

Globalls Mini-Golf Weymouth is opening in March 2026 and will be home to two glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses.

Check out the Globalls Mini-Golf website for more information.

Ghetto Golf in Newcastle

From Ghetto Golf to Golf Fang to Ghetto Golf.

The Golf Fang indoor minigolf venue in Byker, Newcastle has rebranded under its original name of Ghetto Golf.

The Ghetto Golf location at Hoults Yard in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne has seen several new themed holes added to the course as part of the refresh, one of which is based on a Netto supermarket.

Find out more.

You can find Golf Fang / Ghetto Golf crazy golf venues in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.

Check out the Golf Fang website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We swung by Ghetto Golf in Newcastle on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2019 on our last visit to the city.

We played the Golf Fang course in Nottingham last summer. It was the 1,088th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf opening in Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire

A new adventure golf course is opening at Sherfield-on-Loddon Garden Centre & Café.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf is opening at Sherfield-on-Loddon Garden Centre & Café near Basingstoke, Hampshire in March 2026.

The Woodland Garden Adventure Golf will be an outdoor 18-hole layout.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf is being built by the team at Theories Golf.

Find out more about Woodland Garden Adventure Golf on the Capital Gardens website.

Crazy Golf at The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex

There's a crazy golf course at The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex.

The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex is home to an indoor crazy golf course.

Find out more on The Sports Lounge's Facebook Page.

New Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

The team at Roxy Ball Room has recently refurbished their Merrion Street venue in Leeds city centre.

Part of the updates have seen a new 9-hole crazy pool course replace the one that was there before.

We played crazy pool at the Merrion Street location last summer. We'll have to check out the new crazy pool tables and layout when we're next in Leeds.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Captain Silver's Adventure Golf now open in Saundersfoot, Wales

A new indoor adventure golf course has opened onboard a schooner in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

The course is a 9-hole indoor crazy golf layout and opened as part of Captain Silver’s Ship Shack & Adventure Golf on the ship moored in Saundersfoot Harbour.

Find out more on Captain Silver’s Ship Shack & Adventure Golf website.

An empty Walkden Town Centre shopping centre in Walkden, Salford

The liminal space of Walkden Town Centre shopping centre in Walkden, Salford, Greater Manchester.

We've played crazy golf in the space - back in 2019 there was a pop-up course set up!

Emily playing crazy golf at Walkden Town Centre in August 2019

New Adventure Golf planned for Goodrington Sands, Devon

A new Jurassic Adventure Golf course is planned to be created at Youngs Park in Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon.

The new outdoor adventure golf course will sit next to the existing Shipwreck Island Adventure Golf course at the park.

Urban exploration and a liminal space - the Cornbow shopping centre in Halesowen

A visit to the Cornbow shopping centre in Halesowen.

There's something nice and eerie about a shopping centre after hours.

This was the view of the Cornbow shopping centre in Halesowen from near to the Asda entrance while I was out shopping there last August.

It's definitely got a bit of Dawn of the Dead about it!

It was a lot busier during the day though which was nice to see.

Related blog posts:

• Liminal Spaces
• Retail
• Shopping Centres

Mini Golf in Puerto Colón, Tenerife

A look at a Mini Golf course in Puerto Colón, Tenerife.

A big thanks to our friend and minigolf rival Gareth Holmes for sending over these snaps of a minigolf course at the shopping centre in Costa Adeje, Puerto Colón, Tenerife.

Mini Golf Kapital is home to two courses - one is 18-holes and the other is a 12-hole layout.

The venue looks to have changed up the courses in the last few years. Back in January 2020 another friend of ours sent photos of what was then a minigolf and a billiard golf.

It appears that the Swedish Felt lanes have been moved to where the billiard golf was, with the former Swedish Felt area now home to a new set of holes.

Link:

• Mini Golf Kapital

Related blog posts:

• Tenerife
• Canary Islands
• Spain
• Guest blog posts

Happy Friday the 13th!

How are you celebrating the day?

Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024

Northern Pacer Railbus at Mills Hill railway station (October 2018)

A look at a Pacer Railbus train back in 2018.

This was a double Northern Pacer Railbus passing through Mills Hill railway station on the border of Middleton and Chadderton in Greater Manchester on the 24th October 2018.

The first Pacer Railbuses were introduced in 1984 and were designed as a short-term measure with a lifespan of twenty years. They were due to be withdrawn from service in 2019 and finally finished up in 2021.

Check out my Pacer Railbus trains playlist on YouTube.

Take a look at my trains playlist on YouTube.

Related blog posts:

• Pacer Railbus
• Train Nerd
• Trains

American Football Minigolf in Solna, Sweden

A look at the minigolf course at O'Leary's bar & entertainment centre at the Mall of Scandinavia in Solna.

We visited our 801st minigolf course and 32nd overseas at O'Leary's bar and entertainment centre at the Mall of Scandinavia in Solna, Stockholm during a whirlwind trip to Sweden back in February 2018.

Hole 12 of the sport (and jungle!) themed course was Gridiron-themed

The Sports World Minigolf course was a 14-hole indoor layout with a selection of fun themed holes.

  

Take a look at the full blog post from our visit to Sports World Mini Golf at O'Leary's in the Mall of Scandinavia.

Check out the O'Leary's website for more information.

American Football Mini Golf in Leeds, England

A look at the mini golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Leeds.

Puttstars Mini Golf in Leeds

The Puttstars indoor mini golf course at the Hollywood Bowl in Kirkstall, Leeds was the 1,076th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by in January 2025.

Puttstars Mini Golf in Leeds

The 9th hole on the course was American Football-themed.

Puttstars Mini Golf in Leeds

Check out the Hollywood Bowl website for more information.

Who's winning the Super Bowl?

Who do you think will win Super Bowl LX - the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots?

I got close to the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the NFL UK Experience Watch Party at Courts Club in Manchester last September - what a way that was to kick-off the 2025/26 season