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A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
NO GOLF in Compstall, Stockport
We saw this NO GOLF sign on our daily outdoor walk at Pleasant View in Compstall, Stockport.
Location:
Compstall, Romiley, Stockport SK6, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
How to play mini golf (in Swedish)
A look at a minigolf guide in Sweden.
We saw this minigolf instructions sign at Solna Bangolfklubb while on a trip to Sweden in February 2018.
Så här spelar vi bangolf |
"Så här spelar vi bangolf" translates as "This is how we play golf".
During that trip we managed to visit nine minigolf courses in 42 hours!
Unfortunately the outdoor minigolf courses at at Solna Bangolfklubb were closed as it was out-of-season and they were covered in snow.
Related blog posts:
- How to play mini golf (on Southend Pier)
- How to play mini golf (in three languages)
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Location:
Vintervägen 45, 169 54 Solna, Sweden
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
A look back at July 2017
A look back at the 2017 Dull Men's Club calendar.
We featured in the Dull Men's Club calendar for 2017 where our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was highlighted for the month of July.
July 2017 |
What a year. Halcyon days.
The dullest people in the UK in 2017 |
The 2017 Dull Men’s Club calendar celebrated the men and women who were born to be mild |
The Dull Men's Club is where dull men, and women who appreciate dull men, share thoughts and experiences about ordinary things. Visit the Dull Men's Club website for more information.
Check out the latest blog post on the Dull Men's Club website, it's about us and how we've been coping during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
I've spoken at Dull Men's Club conferences and events in Preston and Manchester.
Related blog posts:
- Calendar
- Dull Men's Club
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Happy National Hot Dog Month
July is National Hot Dog Month.
This year National Hot Dog Day is on Wednesday 22nd July.
Find out more about National Hot Dog Month and National Hot Dog Day on the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council website.
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Minigolf in the Boondocks
A look back at my trip to play miniature golf at Boondocks Fun Center in Northglenn, Colorado.
I travelled to Denver, Colorado, USA back in March 2009 to attend a week-long sports conference in the city. During some down time I travelled outside the city limits to play miniature golf in the Boondocks. Boondocks Fun Center in Northglenn to be precise.
Located at Boondocks Fun Center in the town of Northglenn, Colorado are two 18-hole courses - the Caverns Mill and Hillbilly Hallow - that sit next to Interstate-25.
That's I-25 to the right of the course |
As it was '$12 Tuesday' I had unlimited play on the minigolf courses and managed to fit in three rounds on the two layouts.
They were the 82nd and 83rd courses played on my Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Find out more
Visit the Boondocks Fun Center website for more information, opening times and prices.Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
We've now been to 949 courses since September 2006.We've visited 39 courses in eleven overseas countries:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Finland
- Hong Kong
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Singapore
- Spain
- Sweden
- USA
We've visited 910 courses in the British Isles:
- England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
Links:
- Boondocks Food & Fun- Boondocks Northglenn
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
A scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton
A look at a minigolf scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Steve Lovell for sending me this scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.
He played a few rounds there pre-pandemic.
When we visited Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in May 2011 the two 9-hole courses were called The Aztec Trail & Blackbeard's Adventure. On the recent scorecard they are named Pirates Course and Aztec Course.
A view of the Aztec course from our visit in 2011 |
I always thought it was a curious mixture of two adventure golf themes as you tend to find one or other, rather than both together.
Putting on a pirate ship |
The Aztec course was the 246th played and the Pirate course was number 247 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The holes leading to the ruins of an Aztec temple |
For more information visit Blackbeard's Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.
We're looking forward to a return to the east coast resort that faces west in the future.
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Location:
Hunstanton, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A look at the social distancing measures in place on the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean.
A view of the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean |
The team at Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean have kindly sent over some photos of the social distancing measures in place on their course.
Find out more
For more information, opening times, booking details and prices visit the Pirate Island Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.Playing Pirate Island Adventure Golf
We played at Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean back in October 2017. It doesn't seem that long ago!Playing the course in 2017 |
The course was the 786th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to a total of 949 courses since September 2006.
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Monday, June 29, 2020
How to play mini golf
Do you know how to play mini golf?
This City Golf Group scorecard holder gives instructions on how to play mini golf.
This was at the Swedish Felt Mini Golf course on Southend Pier in Essex in 2016.
Related blog posts:
- How to play minigolf - in three languages
- City Golf
- Swedish Felt
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I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Championship Miniature Golf at Kelsey Park in Beckenham
A look back at our visit to the Kelsey Park minigolf course in Beckenham, Kent.
We visited the Championship Miniature Golf course at Kelsey Park in Beckenham back in March 2013.
The 18-hole layout is one of the few Eternit-type Miniature Golf courses more commonly found in Continental Europe.
The course has had a number of modifications made to it. For a start it's not normally covered in felt. And the pyramid obstacles usually appear on hole (lane) 1 |
The Miniature Golf course at Kelsey Park in Beckenham was the 525th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Hole 1 |
Hole 2 |
Hole 3 |
Hole 4 |
Hole 5 |
Hole 6 |
Hole 7 |
Hole 8 |
Hole 9 |
Hole 10 |
Hole 11 |
Hole 12 |
Hole 13 |
Hole 14 |
Hole 15 |
Hole 16 |
Hole 17 |
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