Holbeck Putting Green in Scarborough

A visit to the Holbeck Putting Green in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Before we left Scarborough on Sunday 9th June we fully explored the South Bay and South Cliff Gardens, home of the Holbeck Putting Green.

The views from the course are superb

The course was the 901st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 521st we've played since September 2006.

The next stage of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the journey to 1,000 courses started at the Holbeck Putting Green

It was brilliant chatting to Gerry, the man running the course, as he had an in-depth knowledge of the Putting Green's history, and also that of other courses in Scarborough.

The Holbeck Putting Green was opened in 1925 and was the first Putting Green to be established in the town.

While nowhere near the course record, my score of 44 was the third best of the season so far. The best round in 2019 was a 40, with the second best a 43.

If you're in Scarborough the Holbeck Putting Green is well worth a play.

Looking through my postcard collection I found two cards showing the Putting Green. Both cards are undated.

Putting Green, Holbeck Gardens, Scarborough 867 The Queen Series. Postally unused. Undated

Putting Green and Holbeck Clock Tower, Scarborough. Lilywhite Ltd. Postally unused. Undated

How the course looked on our visit

If I'd had more time I would've had a few more rounds on the challenging links Putting course

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The Flintstones Crazy Golf in Weymouth

A look back at The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth.

I was looking through some of the weird and wacky Crazy Golf courses we've visited over the years and found this snap of me playing a 'Flintstones' themed course back in 2009.

Fred and Barney look on as I tee-off in Weymouth

The Flintstones Crazy Golf course at Bowleaze Cove was the 77th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2008. I played it while in town to compete in the Weymouth Open tournament.

We've now visited 905 courses on our minigolfing travels since September 2006.

'Homer Simpson' and 'Peter Griffin' in Chicago

Emily found this superb chalkboard sign while in Chicago last month.

Someone is obviously better at drawing Peter Griffin.

Godfather Pizza in Leicester

More Godfather bootleg goodness.

We spotted the Godfather Pizza place while in Leicester to play Crazy Golf at the weekend

We've seen quite a few gangster-related businesses on our travels. There are a lot in Stockport!

Treetop Adventure Golf in Leicester

Treetop Adventure Golf is now open at the Highcross Shopping Centre in Leicester.

We swung by the brand new two course, 36-hole indoor Adventure Golf venue while in Leicester on Sunday and were pleased to see the course really busy with players.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Leicester is home to two 18-hole courses, the Ancient Explorer and the Tropical Trail. There's also a cool looking, electronic Lucky 19th hole.

One of the holes on the Ancient Explorer course

A tricky little plateau hole

A hill and a loop on a dogleg hole!

The borders on the tropical trail course differ to the Ancient Explorer and have a woody feel to them

We're looking forward to playing the Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Leicester in the future.

I wonder who won?

The Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Manchester were the 799th and 800th we visited in the British Isles.

There were lots of people enjoying their mini golf adventure inside Treetop Golf when we visited

Next time we're in South Wales we'll have to check out the popular Treetop Adventure Golf course in Cardiff too.

Check out the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more info on the three venues.

Crazy Golf at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent.

While driving to Leicester on Sunday Emily found another miniature golf course for us to visit, so we took a slight detour to Fenton in Stoke to have a look for it.

Crazy Golf Land! The UK is certainly a land full of courses

The Crazy Golf course at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke became the 902nd course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It's amazing that after 13 years of our crazy golf travels we can still be shocked by what we find!

Having a wander round the course we were struck with how crazy the layout and obstacles looked.

The Crazy Golf course in Fenton is loopy!

It was only later that we realised that the course had been set up so that each hole was in the shape of a letter and the 9-holes spelled out the words CRAZY GOLF!

This is a C

We have seen that before on some fibreglass Crazy Golf courses, but never on a permanent, landscaped course.

Clearly an R

A

Z

Y

G

O

L

F

We noticed that hole 1 (C) used boules as obstacles! We're big fans of Petanque too so this was fun to see.

Hole C/1 and the Petanque obstacles. Crazy!

Four boules

Two boules

One of the boule obstacles

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Bar Billiards at The Railway pub in Stockport

Finding a Bar Billiards table at The Railway pub in Stockport.

We're big fans of the old pub game of Bar Billiards so were very pleased to find a table at The Railway pub in Stockport on Saturday!

Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to play it as the pub had problems with its water supply and had to close while the emergency works were completed.

Bar Billiards Rules

We're looking forward to returning for a game or two in the future.

The Railway Pub in Stockport - you can see the table if you look in through this window

In 2017 we played the Bar Billiards table at The Blossoms pub on the A6. Like The Blossoms, the table at The Railway uses the four peg arrangement.

The table looks to be popular!

Coming from down south we're more used to seeing three pegs. We haven't seen too many four-peg tables on our Barmy Bar Billiards Trail. The ones at The Cheshire Cheese pub in London and The Chequers Inn at Knebworth spring to mind.

The nice and 'easy' 50-point holes are guarded by the white mushrooms in the four peg game

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New Adventure Golf course planned for Chorley, Lancashire

A new Adventure Golf course and Tenpin Bowling Alley planned to open in Chorley, Lancashire.

A new entertainment centre is being planned for the Market Walk Shopping Centre in Chorley, Lancashire.

The team behind Cheeky Monkey's Family Entertainment Centre in Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley are planning to open the new Adventure Golf venue which will also be home to Tenpin Bowling, retro games, a bar and more.

It'll be another new local course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.