Wednesday, February 06, 2019

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield

A visit to the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course at Kingswood Golf Centre near Doncaster.


Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield

While en route to Cleethorpes last May we discovered there was a minigolf course at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield near Doncaster. We had to swing by for a look.

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

The nice 12-hole pirate-themed Adventure Golf course was the 817th visited and 481st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
 
Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 1

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 2 

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 3

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 4

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 4

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 5

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 6

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Alligator or crocodile?

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 7

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 8

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 9

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 10

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 11

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 12

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
The ball collector final obstacle

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield, near Doncaster
Hole 12

Visit the Kingswood Golf Centre website for more information, opening times and prices.

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield
There is also a nice little adventure golf putting green next to the main course 

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Kingswood Golf Centre in Hatfield

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Doncaster
- Hatfield

Saltburn Miniature Railway

A visit to the Saltburn Miniature Railway.


Saltburn Miniature Railway
A train called Prince Charles at Cat Nab Station

Last September we had a wonderful day out in Salturn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire and after playing the Saltburn Minigolf course on the promenade we headed along the seafront for a ride on the Saltburn Miniature Railway.

We followed the brown tourist sign to the Saltburn Miniature Railway
We followed the brown tourist sign to the Saltburn Miniature Railway

Saltburn Miniature Railway
Always an encouraging sign 

Saltburn Miniature Railway
Cat Nab Station 

Saltburn Miniature Railway
A lovely looking bench  

Saltburn Miniature Railway
The engine that pulled our train 

Saltburn Miniature Railway
A view from the short journey 

Saltburn Miniature Railway
Forest Halt - the terminus station

Visit the Saltburn Miniature Railway website for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
- Miniature Railways

Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

A visit to the Paradise Adventure Golf courses at Täby Centrum in Sweden.


Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

Last February we visited Sweden and during our trip we managed to visit nine courses in 42 hours. Two of those layouts were at the Paradise Adventure Golf venue at Täby Centrum shopping centre.

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

There are two 18-hole minigolf courses at Paradise Adventure Golf - Inca and Explorers.

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden
Minigolf exploration in Sweden

The Inca course was the 474th we played and the 805th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, while the Explorers course was the 475th played and 806th visited. The courses were the 36th and 37th visited overseas.

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

Paradise Adventure Golf was designed and built by the team at Castle Golf.

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

Check out the Paradise Adventure Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

Paradise Adventure Golf at Täby Centrum in Sweden

Related blog posts:
- From Stockport to Stockholm on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Sweden

Link:
Paradise Adventure Golf website
Täby Centrum shopping centre

Monday, February 04, 2019

New Angry Birds Adventure Golf courses opening in the UK

New indoor Adventure Golf attractions to open with an Angry Birds theme.


New Angry Birds Adventure Golf courses opening in the UK

A series of new indoor Adventure Golf courses with an Angry Birds theme are set to open in the UK.


The team at Rovio Entertainment, owners of the Angry Birds brand, are teaming up with Namco Funscape to create the new minigolf courses. Five locations are planned to open over the next three years.

We've bowled at Namco a fair bit over the years and in September 2017 we played Namco's first Adventure Golf course at Namco Funscape in Tamworth.

Namco's Adventure Minigolf course 

Namco's Adventure Golf course in Tamworth is half indoors, half outdoors

That course has a medieval-theme linking in with local history. It became the 774th visited and 460th played overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Playing at Namco's Adventure Golf course in Tamworth

We're now up to 859 courses visited and with new minigolf venues opening up all the time our quest to visit them all keeps on getting extended!

Related blog posts:
- Namco
- Castle Adventure Golf at Namco Funscape in Tamworth

Links:
- Rovio Entertainment
- Namco Funscape

Saturday, February 02, 2019

Happy Groundhog Day

Happy Groundhog Day 2019.

Will Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators see his shadow and predict six more weeks of winter, or will he predict an early spring?

Check out the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club website and live feed from the event.

Groundhog Day VHS cassette tape
Today is the perfect day to watch Groundhog Day on tape. Again

Thursday, January 31, 2019

A return to Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

Playing another round at Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe, Suffolk.


Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

In December we returned to East Anglia to visit family and friends and while in Felixstowe  we swung by our most visited course, Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe. Luckily the weather was really nice and the course was open to play!


Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

My opponents on this occasion would be Karl Moles and his daughter Arabella. Karl, the Suffolk Coastal champion defeated me on the course in our first round way back in May 2011. I'd gained a win back against Karl in our rematch in June 2014 so we were all set for a very competitive round on the 9-hole layout.


Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
Hole 1 at Fantasia Adventure Golf

Karl started with a pair of threes, while I dropped shots picking up a pair of fours - the same scores as the debuting Arabella.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
Hole 1 can certainly be a puzzler

We all shot a three on the third hole - Twister - before Karl extended his lead with a hole-in-one on hole 4 - Humpy.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
Karl helping Arabella with a shot on hole 2 - or is it the other way round?

Threes followed on the fifth, fours on the sixth and twos for all on the seventh. Amazingly Arabella, with a little help from her mum Sophia, shot a three on the eighth hole, while Karl and I both hit fours.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
Arabella with a tricky second shot on hole 2

Richard Gottfried at Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
Holing out for a four on hole 6 - Evil Eye

Threes all round on the ninth hole meant that Karl had won with a round of 26. Arabella (and Sophia) placed second with a 28, while I won the bronze with a score of 29!

Karl Moles at Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe
The Champ

The Fantasia Adventure Golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe is well worth a visit and is a tricky little layout. A two is as good as an ace on many of the holes.

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

We're looking forward to returning once again. Perhaps the challenge series needs to be best-of-five games...

Fantasia Adventure Golf in Felixstowe

Related blog posts:
- Fantasia Adventure Golf
- Felixstowe
- Karl Moles