Crazy Golf at Boom Battle Bar in Leeds

A look at the crazier golf course at Boom Battle Bar in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Boom Battle Bar in Leeds is home to an indoor 9-hole crazier golf course.

Visit the Boom Battle Bar website for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room in Leeds

A look at the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room on Merrion Street in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

The Crazy Pool tables at Roxy Ball Room on Merrion Street in Leeds were recently changed.

We played the previous version of the Crazy Pool course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in May 2025.

Visit the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Junkyard Golf in Leeds

A look at the crazy golf courses at Junkyard Golf in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Junkyard Golf at The Light in Leeds is home to three indoor 9-hole crazy golf courses.

Visit the Junkyard Golf Club website for more information.

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A look at the Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

We played the indoor 9-hole Wizard Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour last December.

Visit the Hole in Wand website for more information.

Mini Golf at Westgate Square in Canterbury, Kent

There will be mini golf at the Canterbury City Show.

The Canterbury City Show will be taking place in Westgate Gardens and Westgate Square on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July.

There will be mini golf at Westgate Square.

Find out more on the Canterbury City Show website.

Crazy Golf at New Square Shopping Centre in West Bromwich

New Square Shopping Centre in West Bromwich will have a crazy golf course as part of seaside-themed fun this summer.

New Square Shopping Centre in West Bromwich will have free beach-themed activities this summer from Monday 20th July to Sunday 30th August.

One of the activities available to play will be crazy golf from 11am to 4pm on Friday 28th August.

Find out more on the New Square Shopping Centre website.

Crazy Golf at Stowford Farm Meadows in Combe Martin, Devon

There's a crazy golf course at Stowford Farm Meadows holiday park in Combe Martin, Devon.

Find out more on the Park Holidays website.

Vintage SELNEC bus in Stockport

Seeing a vintage bus in Stockport.

I saw this Leyland National vintage bus - in SELNEC (South East Lancashire North East Cheshire) livery - on the A6 Wellington Road South in Stockport this afternoon.

SELNEC was the Passenger Transport Executive in the area from 1969 until it was renamed Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) in 1974.

The photo below shows one of the current Bee Network buses on the other side of the road.

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) itself ended in 2011 when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester.

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Crazy Golf in Ilfracombe, Devon

A look back at our visit to the crazy golf course on the promenade in Ilfracombe, Devon.

During our summer holiday around the South West of England back in 2015 we visited 62 miniature golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The last of the seaside courses on the trip, and the penultimate course visited, was the 12-hole Crazy Golf course on the promenade in Ilfracombe, Devon.

The course was the 660th visited on our travels.

Happy National 7-Eleven Day

It's National 7-Eleven Day.

Today is National 7-Eleven Day!

7-Eleven convenience stores celebrate National 7-Eleven Day on the 11th July.

The first 7-Eleven Day was held in 2002.

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Minigolf tournaments at Clambers Adventure Golf in Hastings

A look back at the 2010 BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open in Hastings, East Sussex.

I competed on the British Minigolf Association tour between 2007 and 2015 and many of those contests took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex.

In 2010 the BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open were held at Clambers Adventure Golf in White Rock Gardens (aka Planet Hastings).

I finished tied for 11th place in the 29 strong field of the BMGA Players Championships and 28th place of 56 in the BMGA British Open.

Clambers Adventure Golf is sadly now a lost course.

Where Clambers Adventure Golf sat was once a model village. After it closed it became an outdoor laser tag arena!

Guess the Putting course location...

Where in the world was this grass putting course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Flying Ant Day 2026 - Stockport, UK

Today has been Flying Ant Day 2026!

Flying Ant Day 2026 struck on Wednesday 8th July as the ant colony underneath a tree stump in our garden in Stockport, England erupted with hundreds of flying ants in the early evening of the heatwave day.

Art Deco - The Empire Theatre in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

A look at the Art Deco Empire Theatre in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

The Empire in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire opened in 1932.

The Empire in 2021

It was most recently used as a bingo hall.

Mini Golf course at Selby Park in Selby, North Yorkshire

A look at the minigolf course in Selby Park.

We visited the mini golf course at Selby Park in Selby, North Yorkshire on a trip to the town on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The 18-hole outdoor mini golf course was the 1,126th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

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The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon, Wiltshire

A look back at The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Last week I asked the question "Where in the world was this indoor adventure golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon, Wiltshire.

We played the indoor adventure golf course at The Golfing Hole in Swindon on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in January 2015.

Sadly the unique factory-themed venue is now a lost minigolf course.

Crazy Golf at at Woody's Play Barn in Ware, Hertfordshire

There's a crazy golf course at Woody's Play Barn in Ware, Hertfordshire.

Woody's Play Barn in Ware, Hertfordshire has a crazy golf course.

The crazy golf course at Woody's Play Barn is an outdoor course.

Check out the Woody's Play Barn website for more information.

Crazy Golf in Beverley, Yorkshire

There are plans for a new crazy golf course in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

A new crazy golf course could be opening as part of a new golf venue at the Flemingate shopping centre in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The crazy golf course at FORE! in Beverley would be an indoor 9-hole course.

Happy Shopper shops on '1980s Food: Everything We Loved & Lost' on Channel 5

Happy Shopper shops on the Channel 5 programme '1980s Food: Everything We Loved & Lost'.

A Happy Shopper shop in Ilkeston, Derbyshire (2020)

It was brilliant to be able to contribute to the Channel 5 documentary '1980s Food: Everything We Loved & Lost' and help to tell the story of Happy Shopper shops.

A sign at the Pleasant News Happy Shopper in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (2021)

The programme was broadcast on Channel 5 today and was an edit of '1980s Food: The Ones We Loved & Lost' shown last year. These programmes followed 'The 1980s Supermarket', which included a feature on Happy Shopper shops in episode 3 when it was first broadcast in 2024.

Visiting a fully branded Happy Shopper shop is like stepping back in time

One of the  brands I remember clearly from growing up in the 1980s and 1990s was Happy Shopper. The colourful sign with the happy chappy face is a lovely throwback. Happy Shopper received a rebrand in 2000, but if you are lucky you can still find the original branding and signage on some shops.

The Happy Shopper shop on Chaucer Road in Sittingbourne, Kent (2022)

You can the watch the programmes via the Channel 5 website:

• 1980s Food: The Ones We Loved & Lost
• The 1980s Supermarket

A ghost sign at the old Happy Shopper shop in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk (2020)

Check out my Happy Shopper shops playlist on YouTube.