Crazy Golf at Lowther Gardens in Lytham

Playing at the Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf course in Lytham.

The Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf course in Lytham

Prior to our trip to St Annes on the Sea to play in the last Mini Major tournament of the season at MiniLinks Golf we'd noticed that Lowther Gardens in Lytham was home to a Crazy Golf course - how we'd previously missed it we don't know as we've been visiting Blackpool and the surrounding seasides since 2008!

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Lowther Gardens was good fun and a unique layout.

In our minigolf match-up I picked up the win scoring a 28 to Emily's 35.

This was the first time we'd had printed tickets like this for our round of Crazy Golf! Putters and balls are hired from the Lowther Pavilion Theatre

The course was the 443rd played and 753rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The sign at the park also lists Putting as an activity, but we couldn't see that course.

Lowther Gardens in Lytham is well worth a visit, it's a very pleasant spot

Photos of the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Lowther Gardens.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Visit the Lowther Pavilion website for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Lytham St Annes
- Fylde

Videos:
- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - View 1
- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - View 2

- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - View 3

- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - Hole 3

- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - Hole 5
- Lowther Gardens Crazy Golf - Hole 9

Flight Club Darts in London

A quick visit to Flight Club in London.

While on a recent trip to London I called in at Flight Club to check out the Shoreditch darts venue. I'd heard good things about it and some friends have had a 'do' there before.

One of the many dart boards set-up over the two levels at Flight Club in Shoreditch

I really liked the array of darts memorabilia and ephemera adorning the walls. It looked top notch.

A little bit of the old darts memorabilia to be found on the walls

There's a wall of dart boards at Flight Club. No Quadro board though

I spotted a Pin-Bagatelle board next to one of the dart boards downstairs too

It's always nice to see a celebrity leaderboard

Check out the Flight Club website for more info on the Shoreditch and Bloomsbury venues, opening times and prices.

I had a nice welcome from the staff at Flight Club and look forward to throwing a few arrers there in the future

Related blog posts:
- Darts
- London

Pitch & Putt at Bishops Park in Oldham

A quick visit to the Pitch & Putt course at Bishops Park in Oldham.

Bishops Park Pitch & Putt course in Oldham

There's not much that is likely to stand between Emily and I having a game of miniature golf. However, while taking a detour through Oldham en route to Leeds last Friday we swung by the Pitch & Putt course at Bishops Park and didn't have a game as there was a bull loose near the 1st tee!!!

Spot the Bull

The 761st miniature golf course we've visited. The first we've found to have a bull roaming on it

It's a nice looking 9-hole layout with some great views. There's also a driving range next door to the course.

Hole 1 is actually played back down the course towards the club house

The Rules. Nothing about errant bulls on there

Visit the Bishops Park Pitch & Putt course website for more information, opening times and prices.

Foot Bowl at MFA Bowl in Leeds

While in Leeds we had a couple of games of tenpin bowling at the MFA Bowl below the Merrion Centre. While there we spotted a new game - Foot Bowl.

Foot Bowl (or Footbowl) at MFA Bowl in Leeds

The MFA Bowl in Leeds is home to the only Foot Bowl alley/pitch.

We didn't have time for a game, but we did see a few people giving it a go.

It's interesting to see how many variations of sports and games are being created at the moment, with the likes of Footgolf, Rugby Golf and Football Pool either growing in popularity or being tested. All good stuff to get people more active and having fun.

Londi's not Londis

Our detour through Oldham on Friday meant we were travelling through some new places and when we spotted the sign at a shop on the Ripponden Road we had to stop to grab a snap. You see, the shop used to be a Londis, but is now 'Londi's'! A brilliantly simple bit of 'rebranding'.

What do you call your shop when you're no longer a Londis...

Trivia: The name Londis is a contraction of 'London District Stores'.

What a 'coincidence' the name of the new owner of the shop in Oldham was Londi eh.

It's no Singhbury's though.

Related blog posts:
- Bootleg
- Oldham

Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse

Playing Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse, Yorkshire.

On Sunday 20th August we reached another milestone on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour as we played our 450th course.

On hole 4

Hole 2 was very tricky

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Wellholme Park in Brighouse, Yorkshire was the 762nd course visited overall since September 2006.

Another crazy golf course visited on our minigolfing adventures

Emily on hole 1

We had a fun round on the tricky little layout and in our match-up I picked up the win 19 to Emily's 25.

The slightly uphill 7th hole

The course was well maintained and you get a nice scorecard too. A game was just £2 per player.

Hole 1

Hole 2

The first tunnel was easy(ish), but getting the ball through both tunnels first time would take some effort!

Hole 2's green

Hole 3

The ditch

Hole 4

The bridge - looks like it's themed after the River Calder

The green on hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 5's green

Hole 6

Hole 6

The green on hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7

A mini-volcano 'middle hill' hole

Tricky

Hole 9 - snaily

A lovely last hole

For more information on the course and Wellholme Park in Brighouse visit the Calderdale Council website.

Emily playing the 8th

We liked the scorecard too. It's nice, big and colourful and contains some interesting rules i.e. a 10-shot limit per hole!

We've seen similar courses to the one at Wellholme Park in Wimbledon, Motspur Park, Wythenshawe and Tonbridge.

Throughout our travels we've found a number of courses to be unplayable for one reason or another. The reason for not playing the 761st course visited was quite strange indeed. More of that in this blog post.

Link:
- Calderdale Council

Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Videos:
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - introduction
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 1 - Emily
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 1 - Richard
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 3 - Emily
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 3 - Richard
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 4 - Emily
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 4 - Richard
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 5 - Emily
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 6 - Emily
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 6 - Richard
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 8 - Richard Hole-in-One
- Crazy Golf at Wellholme Park in Brighouse - Hole 9 - Richard

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Crazy Golf course at the Ipswich Maritime Festival

My brother-in-law Rob Harper was at the Ipswich Maritime Festival over the weekend and spotted they had a Crazy Golf course there! Minigolf courses certainly do pop up everywhere!

It looked like an interesting 9-hole layout - hole 7 appears to be Stonehenge!

Always nice to see a windmill on a Crazy Golf course

Not the Orwell Bridge

Related blog posts:
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