Playing at Sneaky Links Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

We recently played the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf course in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

We met up with our friends Lucy and Paul in Bury St Edmunds last Saturday evening and played a round at Sneaky Links Crazy Golf on Brentgovel Street in the town.

The squad

Emily and I have both previously swung by Sneaky Links Crazy Golf but either haven't had time, or weren't there when it was open, so this was the first chance we'd had for a game.

Yes, this is crazy golf!

Sneaky Links Crazy Golf was the 1,055th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the landmark 1,000th we've been to in the British Isles! It was the 582nd course we've played.

Lucy playing hole 1 - it was a fun hole for some!

It's a unique indoor 9-hole crazy golf course and the layout is very tricky and frustrating in places!

Playing the 9th hole - where the championship title and bragging rights were still up for grabs

Our fun - and very competitive - minigolf match had some ups and downs for each player and it was Paul 'The Challenger' English who emerged as the victor with a round of 24 shots over the 9-holes.

Paul putting on hole 2

Not too snookered

Emily and I tied for the runner-up spot having both scored 26 - I was happy with that after a disastrous 7 scored on hole 1!

Emily putting on one of the trickiest holes

Lucy 'The Blocker' Newton started her game the complete opposite of me, with an excellent hole-in-one on the first and ended with a round of 35.

Lucy playing hole 7

Lucy on hole 2

Final results of the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf Masters:

• 1st - Paul 'The Challenger' English (2 aces)
• 2nd (T) - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried (2 aces)
• 2nd (T) - Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried
• 4th - Lucy 'The Blocker' Newton (1 ace)

Check out the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

The Rules of Sneaky Links Crazy Golf

The Rules of Sneaky Links Crazy Golf

The Leaderboard - and Loserboard!

A train in Pompeii, Italy

An FE220 train on the Circumvesuviana railway network in Italy.

This is a train arriving at Pompeii railway station heading to Sorrento on the 13th May 2025.

Check out my Trains Playlist on YouTube for more.

A train at Sant'Agnello railway station in Italy

An FE220 train on the Circumvesuviana railway network in Italy.

This is a train arriving at Sant'Agnello railway station heading to Sorrento on the 13th May 2025.

Check out my Trains Playlist on YouTube for more.

The Minigolf Nations Cup 2008 in Tampere, Finland

We made our Great Britain team debuts at the 2008 Nations Cup of Minigolf in Tampere, Finland 17 years ago today!

Our Great Britain Minigolf team, sponsored by UrbanCrazy, finished the tournament in 13th place. In the individual rankings I finished in 51st place and Emily was 53rd.

In action at the Minigolf Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland

The 2008 Great Britain squad - Jouni Valkjarvi (coach), John 'Big Top Ted' McIver, Marion 'Mation' Homer, Sean 'Freebird' Homer, Tim 'Ace Man' Davies, Steve 'F1' Gow, Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried, Andy 'Sarge' Booth, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried

We've also played for the Great Britain national team in World Minigolf Sport Federation and European Minigolf Sport Federation tournaments in Stockholm, Sweden and Hastings, England.

The Beton Concrete Mini Golf course at the Manse RG Club in Tampere was the 50th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Eternit Miniature Golf course was the 51st and the Swedish Felt Minigolf course there was the 52nd played. We've now been to 1,082 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

Adventure Golf at The Den in Teignmouth

Looking back at our visit to the Adventure Golf course on Teignmouth Sea Front.

The 616th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the dinosaur Adventure Golf course at The Den park in Teignmouth, Devon back in 2015.

A BIG minigolf dinosaur

The 12-hole Adventure Golf layout was the fifth played on our tour of the South West of England and the 368th played overall on our tour.

Visiting the 616th course on our tour

On the Adventure Golf course in Teignmouth

   

Tapping in a putt

Some of the holes on the course are really long

A minigolf crocodile, or alligator

Emily Putting on the island

  

An additional seagull 'obstacle' on the course

Happy International Laser Tag Day

Today is International Laser Tag Day!

International Laser Tag Day is celebrated on the 28th March and marks the opening of the first commercial laser tag arena - Photon in Dallas, Texas which opened in 1984!

The day is also known as 'National Laser Tag Day' and 'Laser Tag Day'. It was first celebrated in 2014.

Check out the Laser Tag Museum website for more information.

We're fans of laser tag, and it's been far too long since we've had a game!

Marc Bazeley and me at Quasar in Milton Keynes (2011), at Laser Planet in Milton Keynes (2016), and me and Emily at Star Command Laser Tag at the Trocadero in London (2011)

Caddy Shack Crazy Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Taking a look at the Caddy Shack Crazy Golf course at Shanklin Seafront on the Isle of Wight.

Catching up on a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour course visit from the summer of 2021!

Time flies and while we posted about Emily's trip to the Isle of Wight back in June 2021 we didn't get round to covering the individual course visits fully at the time.

This is the Caddy Shack Crazy Golf course at Shanklin Seafront.

Emily first visited the course on the 12th June and returned to play the layout on the 18th June.

Check out the Caddy Shack Crazy Golf website for further information.

Caddy Shack Crazy Golf at Shanklin Seafront was the 548th course played and 960th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've been to the Isle of Wight several times over the years and have been to most, but not all of the courses there. Some of the courses have changed over the years, with at least two of the courses undergoing refurbishments, and one changing twice since we first played it!

It's certainly interesting seeing the changes and developments on the island and we're looking forward to another trip there in the future.

We've now travelled to a total of 1,075 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Our adventures began on the mainland side of the Solent at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea back in September 2006.