Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf in Cheltenham

A visit to the new Mr Mulligan's Lost World Adventure Golf course in Cheltenham.

Playing a hole next to a volcano

On Friday 6th October we headed to The Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham to check out Mr Mulligan's two brand new 18-hole Lost World Golf courses.

There's some great theming throughout the 36-hole venue

The layouts became the 784th and 785th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

First up was the 'Neptune's Mist' course and we were lucky enough to be the first people to play a round on it after the Mayor of Cheltenham had cut the red ribbon to officially open the course.

Playing the Canopy Creek course

We had a great round on the huge course and it was nice to play with a group of novice players - who showed some real putting potential as we made our way round the twists and turns of the course.

A loop-di-loop obstacle I actually liked playing for a change!

Emily set the clubhouse course record with her round of 42. The Neptune's Mist course has a par of 38 and Canopy Creek is a par-40 layout. After playing both I'd say Neptune's Mist should be a par-40 too as there are some very trick holes on the course and it's tough to score an ace. In fact our group of six players failed to score a single hole-in-one!

As close as you can get without scoring an ace

The results from our round saw Emily in first place on 42, I was one shot back on 43 after scoring a four at the 18th. Ant was third on 49, Georgia was fourth on 51, Charlie was fifth with 56 and Lisa was sixth with a round of 60.

One of the spectators

After a short break we picked up our putters and headed to the 'Canopy Creek' courses for our next game. Emily once again picked up the win - shooting 38 to my 41 - and this time scored three aces too!

Minigolf Adventurers at the 784th and 785th courses visited

We really enjoyed our visit to Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf, Cheltenham and thought the theming was really well done. The staff were friendly and the courses were fun to play.

A skellington on the 18th

Check out the Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf Cheltenham website for more information, opening times and prices.

It was a fun ride through Mr Mulligan's Lost World

As well as the Cheltenham location you can find Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf courses in Castleford, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Woking, Sidcup, Tonbridge and Stevenage.

You'll see a few dinosaurs on your travels to Mr Mulligan Adventure Golf venues

Links:
- Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf, Cheltenham
- Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf
- The Brewery Quarter

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mr Mulligan's Adventure Golf
- Adventure Golf
- Cheltenham

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Mr D's Magnificent Pie Machine at Cheltenham Market

As a fan of fun business and marketing gimmicks I enjoyed spotting Mr D's Magnificent Pie Machine at Cheltenham Market last week. The steampunk inspired stall is certainly eye-catching.

Mr D's magnificent pie machine stall has a lot of bells and whistles on it

Check out Mr D's Pie Machine website, Twitter and Facebook for more info.

Links:
- Mr D's Pie Machine
- Cheltenham Market

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- Marketing
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Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf in Nottingham

Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf opening in Nottingham this month.

The new Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf course at Riverside Family Golf Centre is opening on Saturday 21st October.

A friend of my mate and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge spotted the building work at Riverside Family Golf Centre in August. Nottingham and the East Midlands area is seeing a real boom in new Adventure Golf courses!

For more information on the Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf course visit the Riverside Family Golf Centre website.

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- New Adventure Golf course at Riverside Golf Centre in Nottingham
- Nottingham

Minigolf Tour 2017

New Minigolf Competition Tour launched in Portugal.

The team at Minigolfe.pt have got in touch to let me know about a new tournament series - the Minigolf Tour 2017. The competition begins later this month and will take place over three stages in October, November and January.

Aimed at  those seeking new minigolf challenges, the tournament aims to extend the competitive side of the sport to all fans of minigolf. The Minigolf Tour 2017 will start on the last weekend of October, with the first of three stages to be played at the Minigolf course of the “União Desportiva Praiense” in the Azores on the 28th and 29th.

The second stage will be held in Family Golf Park in Vilamoura on the 11th and 12th November, and the third and final stage will take place in Costa Nova on the 6th and 7th January 2018.

Each event consists of six rounds - three rounds will be played on Saturday afternoon, and three on Sunday morning. Each stage will be played using the strokeplay system. At the end of each stage, the winners will be awarded with medals.

After each stage the players will be scored according to their result. These scores count towards the General Ranking that is calculated by the sum total of points from the three stages.

Entries for the Minigolf Tour 2017 are already open. Each of the stages has a registration fee of €10. It is not mandatory to play all three stages. More information about the Minigolf Tour 2017 can be found on the Minigolfe.pt website.

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances the second stage will be not be held in Lagos, Algarve, on the 25th and 26th. Instead the second stage will be held at the Family Golf Park in Vilamoura on the 11th and 12th November.

Minigolfe.pt is an online minigolf magazine and official partner of the “Hole in 1 Challenge 2017” and is dedicated to promoting the sport of minigolf in Portugal. Minigolfe.pt has the largest database of places where you can play minigolf in Portugal.

Minigolf update

Latest update from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We had a superb weekend road-trip and traveled around Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. And a little bit of Wales. It was nice to play another stack of minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour too.

We're now up to 791 course visits on our travels since September 2006! It's crazy to think that we're so close to the BIG 800th course visit. Where will it be...?

The course below was an unexpected discovery on a visit to Stourport on Severn. Wonderful.

We've now visited 791 miniature golf courses. 763 of them have been in the UK, with 28 overseas

Here's a breakdown of the courses we visited over the weekend - the full list can be seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page:

• 784 Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Neptune's Mist Adventure Golf course
• 785 Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Canopy Creek Adventure Golf course
• 786 Newnham (Elton Leisure) - Forest of Dean Adventure Golf
• 787 Lydney (Krazy Golf Lydney) - Crazy Golf - we also played the Crazy Golf Pool table there!
• 788 Hereford (Bishops Meadow) - Putting course
• 789 Stourport on Severn (Playland) - Crazy Golf
• 790 Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Putting course
• 791 Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Crazy Golf

Lots of blog posts, videos and photos to follow...

Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf in Rhyl

Revisit to the Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course in Rhyl.

On our holiday in North Wales we revisited the Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course at Rhyl Family Fun Fair. As it was out of season the course was closed. It looked in good condition though.

It was closed

Another course revisited on our travels

   

Hole 1

Hole 2

We first visited and played the course on our road-trip around the coast of Wales back in the summer of 2009. Back then it became the 146th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We also visited the course in September 2014.

I wonder what's under the green sheet?

On both previous visits I hadn't noticed what the castle was made out of - it took Emily to point it out! Me and my wide-eyed wonder eh!

What a great use of a shipping container!

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf Course Visit No. 146 - Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf, Rhyl
- Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf in Rhyl
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Rhyl

Iffy lift painting

I'm not sure the image in the painting next to the lifts at the Cheltenham Holiday Inn Express inspires confidence!

If you have a fear of using lifts then you might want to take the stairs

Crazy Golf at Drift Park in Rhyl

Revisit to the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl.

On our recent holiday in North Wales we revisited the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl. As we were there on a Monday and it was out of season it wasn't a surprise to find the course was closed. It appeared to be in good condition though.

We played the course on our road-trip around the coast of Wales back in the summer of 2009. Back then it became the 145th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We also visited the course in September 2014.

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- Crazy Golf at Drift Park in Rhyl
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
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Crazy Golf at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp

A revisit to the Crazy Golf course at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park.

The ten-hole Crazy Golf course at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands holiday park

On our Holiday on the Buses at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands we revisited the 10-hole Crazy Golf course at the camp. It's had a lick of paint, some new felt and a change in some of the obstacles since we played the layout in 2014.

The castle / fort's walls are a lot more colourful than before

The course was the 348th played and 582nd visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 1 

Hole 2 

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 6 

Hole 6

Hole 6 

Hole 6 

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9 

Hole 10

Visit the Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park website for more information.

We've also played Crazy Golf at the Pontin's holiday park at Camber Sands. Our friends Sophia and Karl Moles recently guest blogged about the Adventure Golf course at Pontin's Pakefield holiday park.

Link:
- Pontin's Prestatyn Sands

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- Crazy Golf at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Holiday on the Buses
- Prestatyn
- Pontins

Foot Pool at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands

Playing another new game on our travels.

We recently stayed at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands for a Holiday on the Buses fanclub event and while there we got to play a new game - Foot Pool!

The Foot Pool / Football Pool table at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp

It was great fun and an interesting mix of the two sports.

The Rules

In our match-up I defeated Emily two games to nil.

Emily playing a shot

Booting the footpool football

Link:
- Pontin's Prestatyn Sands

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Halloween minigolf!

With the season of the witch almost upon us it's worth taking a look at the minigolf courses offering scares and frights this year!

- Spooky Golf at Coal Country Miniature Golf in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA - Spooky Golf weekends throughout October.

- Spooky Adventure Golf at Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, England - October half-term.

- Haunted Holes at Aly's Mini Putt And Fun Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - throughout October.

- Halloween Minigolf at Jurassic Globalls in Brighton - between Friday the 13th and Halloween night.

- Puttin for Paws, a pawsitively spooktacular event - Halloween Mini Putt Fun Tournament at Aly's Mini Putt And Fun Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - Sunday 22nd October.

- Trick or treat at Tee Rex Golf at Cardiff Golf Centre, Wales - 28th-31st October.

- Spooktacular Mini Golf at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa, Arizona, USA - selected dates in October.

- Haunted Mill & Blacklight MiniGolf in Belmont, North Carolina, USA.

One of the more morbid obstacles we've seen on a minigolf course on our travels

Our friends over at The Putting Penguin minigolf review site are also BIG fans of Halloween and their local course at Farmington Miniature Golf & Ice Cream Parlor in Connecticut always does something to celebrate.

- Haunted Miniature Golf at Farmington Miniature Golf & Ice Cream Parlor in Connecticut, USA - Thursday-Sunday throughout October.

If you know of other Halloween events at minigolf, crazy golf or adventure golf courses do let us know via the comments below, or on Twitter and Facebook.

While it's not specifically Halloween-themed you can play miniature golf in a Funeral Parlor at Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services in Palatine, Ilinois, USA.

If you're in or near Southport then Pleasureland is well worth visiting at Halloween as it's the 'Happy Halloween Capital of the UK!' While there's no minigolf there anymore there are a lot of pumpkins and scares to be had. We had a great time there last year.

A few of the pumpkins at Southport Pleasureland last Halloween

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