Clube de Minigolfe do Porto, Portugal

Our first visit to the wonderful city of Porto in Portugal. We take the Hop On, Hop Off,  City Sightseeing bus to get our bearings and alight at the seaside at Foz do Douro.

There are two Minigolf courses there called Clube de Minigolfe do Porto.  

You can play the easy or the hard course. We played both and what a joy they were to play.

The courses are in a lovely park on the beachfront and shaded by trees

Here are some pictures with my comments and of course, the all important scores!

Security is taken seriously but this sign made us laugh.

Beautiful view of the sea while you play 

Score cards and branded pencils, of course!

Here's Sunny Jim attacking a tricky spiral.

And at each hole, on both courses, were sweeping brushes to clear leaves and debris from the holes before you played. First time we'd ever seen that. What a brilliant idea.

Here's Sunny Jim again, making great strides.

And here's the entrance to the Minigolf showing you there are two courses to play.

1) Minigolf (hard, no standing on the holes).

2) Petergolf (easier but by no means without its challenges).

Scores on the doors, game 1, Minigolf (hard game). Sunny Jim 50, Flaming Nora 63.

Scores on the doors, game 2, Petergolf (easier game). Sunny Jim 45, Flaming Nora 64.

All in all, a massive amount of fun and a wonderful introduction to the magical city of Porto. Highly recommended.

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Lofty's Crazy Golf in Seaton Carew

A return visit to this lovely 9 hole course in Seaton Carew.  It was the second time we'd played this. The first time was back in 2022 and you can read our report here.

It's a smashing little course, very well kept and in a lovely spot by the sea.  Each hole is named after a local landmark. I love it when courses do this.

Neither of us were lucky enough to win a free game, sadly.

All in all, a great game. Sunny Jim Baz won with 25 and Flaming Nora 28.

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North Bay Adventure Golf, Scarborough

It was a cold December day in Scarborough but the crazy golf was open and who can't resist a game?  We were in Scarborough for the book launch of Flaming Nora's ballroom dancing cosy crime Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel.  With an hour or two to spare, we saw the course was open and decided to play.

We were given a free game as the pitch was seriously waterlogged, but still playable (mainly).  It was fun and it was good to see one of the holes had changed to be sponsored by Yeti Roofing. A nice idea. 

Final scores weren't counted due to the waterlogged pitch. 

Great to know the course is open all year round, even on the coldest of days where you can warm up with a hot coffee too.

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Mini golf Greens, Roses, Costa Brava, Spain

We're currently on holiday in the beautiful seaside town of Roses on the Spanish Costa Brava. 

Next door to our hotel is a building which combines two of our favourite things... mini golf and Belgian beer!

Below are lots of pics of the course and the bar. 

If you'd like to combine your mini golfing with your drinking, bottle carriers are provided!

There are terrapins on the course, waterfalls and tiny streams. It's beautifully landscaped too.

There are 18 holes and an extensive Belgian beer list! 

They also sell ice cream and snacks.

The course is a tricky one and great fun to play.

It's right on the seafront in Roses in a premier position and couldn't be more perfect. 

We gave it 10/10. No gimmicks, and just 6.20 euros each, as at September 2025.

Scores were 51 to Sunny Jim and 59 to Flaming Nora.

Post-blog update: We played again, a few days after writing this blog post and our scores were better this time around. The scores were 47 to Sunny Jim (which included two holes-in-one) and 50 to Flaming Nora.

Another post-blog update: We played again and this time our scores were Sunny Jim 48 with two holes-in-one and Flaming Nora 55 with one hole-in-one.

Here are the photos we promised!

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Crazy Golf, White Platts Recreation Ground, Ambleside

This week I visited the Lake District on a day trip. Whilst there I had some free time in Ambleside, a pretty town dedicated, it seemed to outdoor shops and cafes. Away from the teashops and twee shops, there's a crazy golf course at White Platts Recreation Ground and it is gorgeous!

Sadly, I didn't have time to play and as I was on my own, it wouldn't have been as much fun as when Sunny Jim plays against me.   The course was made up of local stone, as you can see from the picture above. It was in a really pretty situation with a backdrop of the mountains too.

If you're in Ambleside in the Lake District, do play!

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Mini Golf, Dunoon

On a week's holiday in Dunoon, our first visit to this gorgeous place. And of course we had to play the Mini Golf!

It was 18 holes for just £1.50 per adult, a bargain. Balls came in white only so there was no fighting for our favourite colours.

It's in a fantastic spot, on a piece of land jutting out over the Firth of Clyde. It's seen (much) better days but was still great to play.

The course was concrete and hard, which made the balls bounce all over and out of the holes. Slow and easy needed here.

Around the edges of the course was a mesh framework to stop your ball from rolling into the Clyde.

There are loads of seabirds around and the course was dotted with remains of shellfish which birds had been using the course to break open to eat. We've moved many things off a course before - dead leaves, stones, etc but never shellfish remains!

This was a fun and unpredictable course. No score cards were given so bring your own pen and paper. 

Fun factor 8/10.

Final scores were Sunny Jim 60, Flaming Nora 76.

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