Minigolf Course Visit No. 137 - Aberdovey (Aberdyfi) Bowling Club - Putting

After our visit to Aberystwyth we headed off to our next destination in Tywyn. However, on the drive along the coast I spotted what looked to be a Putting Course at the Bowling Club in Aberdovey.

I was right.



A very testing course, with some interesting undulating greens. Good putting practice.

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No Crazy Golf course at the top of Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth...

...despite what some of the advertising says!?

When I asked a member of staff if there was a Crazy Golf course on Constitution Hill she said that there wasn't but lots of people had been asking about it. I wonder why!

There was however a 9-hole Frisbee Golf course. I played five of the holes and then gave myself sevens for the final four holes as it wasn't anywhere near as fun as Mini Golf and Crazy Golf.

As a sort of very poor consolation 'prize' I did manage to find an out of order 18-hole Putting Challenge Minigolf Arcade Machine in the 'Games Room'.

Minigolf in Aberystwyth

A visit to the minigolf courses in Aberystwyth, Wales.

I had wanted to visit Aberystwyth on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour for some time as I knew there has been a Crazy Golf course on the sea front next to the Old College building for many many years. The course has been depicted on quite a few old postcards.




What I hadn't realised was next to the Crazy Golf course was an excellent 9-hole Putting Course in the castle grounds!






Hopefully we'll get to once again visit Aberystwyth on our travels in the future.

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Minigolf Course Visit No. 134 - Penrhos Golf & Country Club in Llanrhystud

The first course to be played on the 18th August was the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the Penrhos Golf & Country Club in Llanrhystud.





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Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in Wales - Day six, 18th August 2009

After a relaxing evening spent in the very nice harbour town of Aberaeron we set off on the next leg of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in Wales. A stage of the journey that would see us find six new courses (of which three were closed), play five new courses, head up a cliff looking for a course but find it didn't exist and me playing my first (and last) round of Frisbee Golf.

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Minigolf Course Visit No. 133 - Henllan Station on the Teifi Valley Railway

The second Crazy Golf course we visited on the 17th August was the 10-hole Crazy Golf course at Henllan Station on the Teifi Valley Railway (near Newcastle Emlyn).

It was free to play, with only a £1 deposit required for the clubs and golf balls.












In winning our match 3&1 at the course Emily won the 'coveted' Teifi Valley Railway Henllan Station Masters title.

Emily - the Teifi Valley Railway Henllan Station Crazy Golf Master

Further information can be found on the Teifi Valley Railway website.

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Minigolf Course Visit No. 132 - Dyfed Shires & Leisure Farm, Eglwyswrw

The 12th Minigolf course visit on our Tour of Welsh Mini and Crazy Golf courses was to the 8-hole Crazy Golf course at the Dyfed Shires & Leisure Farm at Eglwyswrw, Cardigan, North Pembrokeshire.






See the Dyfed Shires & Leisure Farm website for more details.

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The Crystal Maze at CC2000, near Narbeth

A visit to the last remaining Cyberdrome Crystal Maze.

On our holiday around the Welsh coast in 2009 we took a break from playing Crazy Golf to visit the Oakwood Indoor Family Entertainment Centre - where we entered The Crystal Maze!











Emily and I (playing as Team Squire) managed to win six of nine games played, and in the Crystal Dome itself we collected 103 Gold and 28 Silver for a total of 75. So we didn't win the the "super-duper" prize, but we were first for the day!


Absolutely awesome, and such great fun. More of these should have been built. It's the closest you'll get to playing the real Crystal Maze.


I'm looking forward to returning again.

Some history on the Crystal Maze game from Wikipedia:
"The Cyberdrome Crystal Maze was an attraction usually found in larger bowling alleys and video arcades in the UK. It allowed fans an opportunity to "play" the Crystal Maze for themselves in a computerised format. There were a few differences from the show itself, e.g. there is no player choice of game category, and there is no locking in (instead, failing to quit a game would immediately cost the team a crystal). Five of the first six locations were in Britain, while the sixth was in Japan. Most of the Cyberdrome Crystal Mazes have since closed, but one is still running near Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, Wales"

Oakwood Theme Park Crazy Golf

Oakwood Theme Park, near Tenby, has a Crazy Golf course. However it is not open to the general public and the cost of the ticket (£17.95) each was too expensive to justify playing there.

Looking at the Oakwood Theme Park Leaflet, and seeing a story about the course in the Western Telegraph, showed the course was much like those at Pendine Sands and Saundersfoot.

Instead we decided to enter The Crystal Maze next door!

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Herons Brook Animal Farm, near Tenby, had a Crazy Golf course...

...but the Farm (and course) was demolished five years ago.


There is still a 'Big' Golf course there.

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Ham & Eggs...

...a dish best served cold!

Gumfreston (The Dinosaur Park) - Adventure Golf...

...was just closing when we arrived, and to pay to enter the park and play the course would have been a bit too Crazy even for us.