NEW COURSE! Dinosaur Cove at South Shields

Today we played a brand new course that's just opened in the seaside town of South Shields in the northeast.  

It's a 12 hole course and played really well, if a little slow, on the green.   

The course includes animatronic dinosaurs which move and growl, it's really good fun.  And there are some nice touches like this sign too...

The 12 holes of the course are split into two sections of 6 holes each in front of an amusement arcade.

The final score for today's game was Sunny Jim 26 and Flaming Nora 32.  A good score from Sunny Jim was helped by the fact he scored two hole-in-ones!

In short, we really enjoyed this game and will return to play it again. It was really busy on the day we played with lots of families and children playing too.

There's water involved too and a chance to lose your ball in the moat if you're not careful on one of the holes. 

All in all, a great game.  It's right next to Smuggler's Cove mini golf too so you can play two games while you're there.

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A dead course in Parque Tenatico, Arrecife, Lanzarote

We've walked past Parque Tenatico in Arrecife on the Canary Island of Lanzarote a few times over the years and always thought it'd be a good place for a crazy golf course. 

Turns out there used to be one there. 

Always sad to see "dead" courses.

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Rhos on Sea Crazy Golf, North Wales

While on holiday in Llandudno North Wales we took the number 12 bus to Colwyn Bay then walked along the coast to Rhos on Sea. 

It's a small, charming resort with a crazy golf course. 

How could we not stop to play?

The course had nine holes and was relatively easy. 

The course wasn't very well maintained however and could have done with some TLC.  

However we still enjoyed playing here.  It was old fashioned fun.

Some of the holes on the course had two possible holes to score in, something we'd never seen before.  

The score card...

Flaming Nora won this game by 1 point. Final scores were Sunny Jim 34 and Flaming Nora 33.

Enjoyment factor 8/10. 

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Rocky Pines, Llandudno

On holiday in beautiful Llandudno in North Wales and we took a trip by tramway to the summit of Great Orme where there is an 18 hole crazy golf course.

There's also a cafe and a shop at the summit and some stunning views in all directions.

This might be the highest crazy golf course we've played, or could that have been a course up a mountain in Tenerife? You can read our report on the Tenerife course at:

http://twocrazygolfers.blogspot.com/2015/09/mini-golf-in-puerto-de-la-cruz-tenerife.html

We certainly enjoyed the Llandudno course. 

It was quirky. 

The holes were challenging too, and meant that queues built up while waiting for the groups in front to finish their turn. 

This caused a few laughs and good camaraderie on the course... always good fun.

It looks deceptively simple on our pictures but it was challenging because some of the holes were on steep slopes.

The price was £5 per person, as at June 2024, which was good value for 18 holes and in such a fantastic location. 

Definitely worth making the tram ride up the Great Orme to play a round, see the views and enjoy coffee and Welsh cakes in the cafe.

Sunny Jim won by 1 point.

Final (very high because of such a tricky course!) scores were Sunny Jim 78, Flaming Nora 79.

Enjoyment 10/10. We loved it.

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf

In Blackpool for a bit of business but managed to squeeze in a round at the very good Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf. 

Result was Flaming Nora 40, Sunny Jim 42. Cost was a whopping £12 each.

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Treasure Island Mini Golf, Bridlington (again)

Off to Bridlington for a long weekend as Flaming Nora was working there at Bridlington library, giving a talk and then a book signing at The Book Nook bookshop in the Old Town. If you're ever in Bridlington, do visit the Old Town, it's stunning and just a short walk from the seafront.

We've played Treasure Island Mini Golf in Bridlington before in 2018, and you can read our first review here.

Happy to report that not much has changed since our last visit. It's still indoors (yippee for somewhere to go when it rains, which it was when we visited!).  It's £6 each for a round and well worth a visit. It's a fun course which had us chuckling.

Scores were Sunny Jim beating Flaming Nora by 3 points.  A good time was had by all.

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Paperback publication day ... of the world's first crazy golf cosy crime?!

Now available in paperback!

FOUL PLAY AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL is a cosy crime / murder mystery set in Scarborough, Yorkshire and published by Headline. 

A murderer plays a killer game when a team of obsessive crazy golfers arrive at Helen Dexter's Seaview Hotel to compete in a tournament held in the seaside town. The ruthless team captain aims to win by fair means or foul... then the rival team captain is murdered. 

Amazon link: bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel

It's the third in the Seaview Hotel series of books, which were shortlisted for Best New Crime Series in the Dead Good Readers Awards 2022 with Richard Osman and Val McDermid at Harrogate International Crime Festival. 

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