Showing posts with label Forest of Dean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forest of Dean. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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.


Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean in 2017
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.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean. Photo by Fiona MacKenzie, June 2020

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean. Photo by Fiona MacKenzie, June 2020

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean. Photo by Fiona MacKenzie, June 2020

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean. Photo by Fiona MacKenzie, June 2020

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!

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean in 2017
Playing the course in 2017


We had a very close game on the tricky 12-hole course. Emily scored 37, while I shot a game winning 36.



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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Monday, November 06, 2017

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean

Playing the Crazy Golf course at Krazy Golf Lydney.


Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean

On our Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire road-trip we visited Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean.

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Krazy Golf Lydney is in a nice spot in the Forest of Dean and can be found just off the A48 next to Taurus Crafts

We received a very nice welcome and it was great to chat to Roger and Georgina about Krazy Golf Lydney and it's history.

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
There's plenty to do at Krazy Golf Lydney

The course is an interesting 15-hole layout, with a unique setting. We had a feeling the site was previously something else and this was confirmed by Roger who told us the area was once a miniature railway and model village!

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
This wavy wooden ramp was a tricky hole to play

Each of the 15-holes on the themed Krazy Golf Lydney course is based on tourism in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley. You can see the full list of attractions on the Krazy Golf Lydney website.

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Hole 1 has a Paintball Combat theme!

Interestingly one of the holes at Lydney is based on the Wye Valle Mini Golf course at Symonds Yat West! That Roman-themed course was the 193rd we played back in August 2010.

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Another look at the wavy wooden hole

Krazy Golf Lydney became the 468th played and 787th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
We had a hoot playing at Krazy Golf Lydney

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
A railway hole!

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
This hole was interesting as the rules state that you must play your ball through at least four of the 'gates' before you could hole out

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
I got past the four gates in one go. The second putt was a longish one though

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Through a maze

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Emily's shots were on target

Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
There wasn't much room to manouevre for your second shots on this hole

In our match-up on the 15-hole course we tied on 38. However, as Emily scored a hole-in-one she picked up the win.

Emily was the champion at Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Emily was the Lydney Krazy Golf Champion - what a nice touch to get a certificate. It's proudly displayed on our trophy shelf

As well as the Crazy Golf course you can play Foot Pool, Air Hockey, Pool, Table Tennis and Table Football, and a selection of garden games.

Foot Pool at Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
This was the second version of Foot Pool we'd seen on our recent travels. The first was at Pontins Prestatyn Sands

Krazy Golf Lydney also has a Crazy Golf Pool table game! We hadn't seen or played one on our travels before!

Crazy Golf Pool at Krazy Golf Lydney in the Forest of Dean
Crazy Golf Pool - another new game played on our adventures

Check out Krazy Golf Lydney's website, Facebook and Twitter for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Gloucestershire

Link:
- Krazy Golf Lydney website

Videos:
- Video 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Forest of Dean Adventure Golf

A visit to the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in the Forest of Dean.


Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A view of Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean

On Saturday 7th October we swung by the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course in Newnham in the Forest of Dean. It's a unique and tricky layout with some great theming.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Through a tunnel

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Emily on hole 2

Forest of Dean Adventure Golf course was the 467th course played and 786th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Playing a left hand shot

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Trying to avoid the bunker

We had a very close match-up on the tricky 12-hole course. Emily scored 37, while I shot a game winning 36.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Holing out

For more information, opening times and prices check out the Forest of Dean Adventure Golf course website.

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Warning!

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A small alligator

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Some alligators

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
The Rules

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Somewhere to have a rest

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
The first hole gives you an interesting start to the round

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Holes 2 and 3

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A lovely view

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
I wonder what's in this box

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
There's some great theming on the course

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Emily on hole 2

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
The raft to the the island

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
On the pirate island

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A look back at the island

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Emily on the 12th

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
A nice little 3-hole Putting Practice Area

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
The course gets the thumbs-up

Pirate Island Adventure Golf in the Forest of Dean
Chilling out after our round

Links:
- Forest of Dean Adventure Golf website
- Forest of Dean Adventure Golf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Videos:
- Forest of Dean Adventure Golf 1, 2, 3, 4

Monday, October 09, 2017

Minigolf update

Latest update from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.


We had a superb weekend road-trip and traveled around Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. And a little bit of Wales. It was nice to play another stack of minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour too.

We're now up to 791 course visits on our travels since September 2006! It's crazy to think that we're so close to the BIG 800th course visit. Where will it be...?

The course below was an unexpected discovery on a visit to Stourport on Severn. Wonderful.

Crazy Golf course at Playland in Stourport on Severn
We've now visited 791 miniature golf courses. 763 of them have been in the UK, with 28 overseas

Here's a breakdown of the courses we visited over the weekend - the full list can be seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page:


Lots of blog posts, videos and photos to follow...