Pub quizzes during lockdown
Have you played a virtual pub quiz during lockdown?Is anyone else missing that Friday feeling at their local as we all stay home?🍺🍻Are any Stockport pubs hosting online pub quizzes? @TheVirtualPubQ1...
View ArticleMinigolf in the time of Coronavirus - Worthing
Social distancing in operation at Denton Gardens.Minigolf Lockdown pic.twitter.com/5mEeLpLBSo— Worthing Minigolf (@Worthing_Golf) May 3, 2020We're looking forward to when it's safe to play minigolf...
View ArticleHappy Star Wars Day
May the fourth be with you.A selection of Star Wars characters and gimmicks I've seen on my travels - clockwise from top left at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport, at Collectorabilia in Leeds, at...
View ArticleHappy Minigolf Monday
Happy Indoor Minigolf Monday.It's the last Minigolf Monday before National Miniature Golf Day.
View ArticlePutt at Home - play the Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine board game
Taking a look at the Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine Board Game.I was lucky enough to find a copy of the brilliant Crazy Golf Machine Board Game by Waddingtons for just £1 at a car boot sale at Stonham...
View ArticleCrazy Golf at the Outdoor Sports Centre in Southampton
A look at the Crazy Golf course at Southampton Outdoor Sports.A year ago today we stumbled upon the 12-hole Crazy Golf course at the Outdoor Sports Centre in Southampton.It was surprising to see it was...
View ArticleThe Coronavirus (Ham & Egger) Files
A look at minigolf and competitive socialising in the time of coronavirus and social distancing.I've been blogging about the world of minigolf since 2006 and have seen how the game boomed in the last...
View ArticleGluten free and not gluten free
The problems of being a Coeliac.I was reminded of some great merchandising of Gluten and Gluten Free food products today. They were placed dangerously side-by-side in a natural foods shop in Kentish...
View ArticleCrazy Putting Challenge at Hamptworth Golf Club
A look at the Crazy Putting Challenge course at Hamptworth Golf Club.We played there a year ago today.The excellent 9-hole course in Hamptworth, Wiltshire was the 875th course visited on our Crazy...
View ArticleMoroccan Adventure Golf at Pleasure Land in Southport
A look at the old Moroccan Adventure Golf course at Pleasure Land in Southport.Back in September 2009 we visited Southport for the first time. It was the last Friday of the summer season but Pleasure...
View ArticleA Putting Green postcard from Butlin's Luxury Holiday Camp in Pwllheli
A look at a nice old Putting Green postcard from the Butlin's Luxury Holiday Camp in Pwllheli.Putting Green, Butlin's Luxury Holiday Camp, Pwllheli. Published by Butlin's Photographic Services Ltd....
View ArticleAn old postcard from Bridlington
A look at an old miniature golf postcard from Bridlington.One of the old postcards I found at the last postcard fair I attended before the pandemic lockdown was this one showing Bridlington Princes...
View ArticleBridgehall BMX Track in Stockport
I found a BMX track on my daily walk yesterday.It's only 5 minutes away from my house too!Amazing.It's hidden in plain sight if you know where to look.And there's me thinking I'd explored all of my...
View ArticleOld photo of people playing Crazy Golf
An old photo of people playing Crazy Golf (circa 2019).The Masters Putting Green in Southport
View ArticleTidal Bay Crazy Adventure Golf in Sherfield on Loddon
A look at the Tidal Bay Crazy Adventure Golf course in Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire.We played there a year ago today.The course at Wyevale Garden Centre was the 515th we played and the 883rd visited...
View ArticleHappy National Miniature Golf Day Eve
It's National Miniature Golf Day Eve.Last year I was preparing for a trip down to the South Wales coast and a visit to the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course in Aberavon, Port Talbot for a weekend of...
View ArticleCrazy Golf at the Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Southampton.
A look at the Crazy Golf course at Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley, Southampton.We played the course last May.The 9-hole course was the 879th visited and 512th played on our Crazy World of...
View ArticleHappy National Train Day
Today is National Train Day.Riding a little train at Falkirk High railway station in 2014At Putters End station on the now gone Weston Miniature Railway in Weston-Super-MareOne the wrong side of the...
View ArticleHappy National Miniature Golf Day
Today is National Miniature Golf Day.It's certainly a different one to normal.Playing the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Skegness on National Miniature Golf Day during a minigolf weekender in 2015Are...
View ArticleNational Miniature Golf Day
A look at a pair of National Miniature Golf Day posters. A few years ago I spotted these two posters for National Miniature Golf Day on Twitter and Facebook.National Miniature golf Day Annually the...
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