We've found quite a few petanque terrains and boules pistes on our travels and since we moved up to the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport last summer we've been members of the Woodstock Petanque Club in Edgeley.
Playing the minigolf course at the Lake District Visitor Centre in Brockhole, Cumbria.
During our minigolf roadtrip back in April 2012 we swung by the Lake District Visitor Centre in Brockhole, Cumbria for a game on the Crazy Golf course there.
Crazy Golf at the Lake District Visitor Centre
The Brockhole Crazy Golf course became the 286th played and 461st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. There was also supposed to be a grass Putting course at the Lake District Visitors Centre, however this wasn't yet open for the season.
The Putting area
There were marvellous views from parts of the course
In our minigolf match-up on the Brockhole Crazy Golf course Emily picked up the win by one shot 37 to 38.
Choose your weapons!
We've since played similar layouts to the Brockhole Crazy Golf course in Torquay and Liverpool.
Minigolf and Pétanque at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester.
Since we moved up to Greater Manchester towards the end of last summer Emily and I have started playing pétanque with the Woodstock Pétanque Club based at Alexandra Park in Edgeley, Stockport.
Record low scores shot at Rainforest Adventure Golf in Dublin.
Thanks to my friend, rival, sometimes team-mate and fellow minigolf traveller Paul 'Johnson Paul Johnson' Johnson for posting me a couple of the scorecards from Rainforest Adventure Golf in Dublin, Ireland.
Paul competed in the recent IMGA Irish Open minigolf tournament held on the Aztec Trail course at the indoor Rainforest Adventure Golf centre in Dundrum Town Centre and finished in tenth place.
During the tournament - the first held under the auspices of the Irish Mini Golf Association and the first Irish Open held in the Republic of Ireland - the world record low score for the 'Minigolf Open Standard' (MOS) classification of minigolf was broken as Pauli Kuikka of Sweden shot a round of 23(-13) during the tournament. That official score and record followed GB's Steve 'Sheila' Lovell's world record low round of 22(-14) which was shot the previous day.
The best ever score on an indoor minigolf course
The previous best score on an Adventure Golf course was 24 - at Hastings Adventure Golf - this score remains the record low for an outdoor 'MOS' course.
The World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) is the umbrella organisation of 63 Minigolf sports associations worldwide and recognises four types of minigolf - MOS, Concrete, Miniaturegolf and Feltgolf.
The aim in any round of competition minigolf is to score as many holes-in-one as possible, with Par for each hole regarded as two shots. Many courses have their own Par system, with some holes being a Par-3, 4 or 5. The world record lowest score on a course is a perfect 18 - 18 consecutive holes-in-one!
The only Crazy Golf course we've played with five cups to putt into
The 2017 IMGA Irish Open tournament was the third ever Irish Open and the first held in the Republic of Ireland. The first two Irish Opens were held in 2006 and 2007 at the Pirates Adventure Golf course in Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland. For more information on the IMGA and WMF check out the links below.
A visit to the minigolf courses at The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere.
During our minigolf roadtrip in April 2012 we visited the three miniature golf courses at The Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere.
A view of Lake Windermere from the Pitch and Putt course
Unfortunately none were yet open for the season. The Crazy Golf, Putting course and Pitch & Putt became the 458, 459 and 460th courses visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Playing Crazy Golf at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside, Cumbria.
Back on the 5th April 2012 we visited White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside, Cumbria where we found Crazy Golf, Putting and Pitch & Putt courses. And a French Boules Terrain.
The Crazy Golf course became the 287th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 463rd visited overall.
Plenty to do at White Platts Recreation Ground in Ambleside
In our minigolf match-up on the White Platts Crazy Golf course I picked up the win 26 to Emily's 30 on the 9-hole layout.
Unfortunately we didn't have time to play the Putting course or the Pitch & Putt, but they both looked in great condition.
Check out the White Platts website for more information, opening times and prices.
The 2012 price list
On the Boules Piste at White Platts. We'll definitely give it a play on our return visit
