Staines....innit

Not content with the wet gingers of Watford, we set off for our local crazy g course, Staines. What better way to celebrate "the warmest 27th October since 1888"?!
We weren't prepared for the crowds, and should have realised that being half term, the place would be riddled with kiddies. We did manage to find a token old woman spectator (pictured), quite happy to watch crazy g all day.






The camera-shy Cappy Gilmore here facing some unpredictable gingers on hole 2. Note the babylons that were a feature at EVERY hole.














Some holes were not as difficult as they looked!........








Cappy Gilmore lines up the shot on the 360 hole










A rare 'front-of-camera' shot of yours truly. Quite proud of my performance on this hole, as the usually cool Cappy Gilmore managed to land her ball in the of water,mud and old leaves that surrounded us.









The proprietor's (again it's ginger) box. He coped well with the demand. It was very busy- we queued at every hole and there was a backlog on the volcano (which, can I just point out I did in 3 shots...!)

We didn't think it was right to ask for a group discount as there were only 2 of us.




Unfortunately Cappy Gilmore was back on form, winning by 7 shots (I nearly took a trip on the garlic ship on one hole....not got a pic of it, as I was so frustrated!...lets just say you needed uphill accuracy, which I didn't have)

G-brief:

Location: 7/10 (Yes, I know its Staines, but it's by the river)

Design: 7/10

Maintenance: 5/10 (lots of leaves and was quite muddy)

Hospitality: 7/10

Craziness: 8/10

No Windmill

Bonus points: (4)
Local!
Facilities on site (tennis courts, childrens playground, park and by river)
Free parking
Musical Ginger (wind chimes)

Total: 38/50

Top Golf, Watford

24th Oct 05.

Being bored, and remembering there is crazy golf in watford that has been untouched by the G-unit, the "Cappsters" set off to Top golf for an afternoon of crazy g action...and we weren't disappointed!

Advertised as "..an indiana jones style course.." where you can "..putt your way to paradise..", we just couldnt resist. At £4 a round, it was by far the most expensive we had come across. Also, we had to queue for a good 10 minutes..and there were 4 proprietors on hand!

So, we collected our tokens and negotiated the high security gates by going through the turnstiles....expectations were running high..

Finding it difficult to negotiate the wet gingers thatsurrounded us, we cracked on with the crazy g. The weather proved to be a ginger in itself as we contended with gusty winds, and I had the extra challenge of using a dark blue ball (ala fabuloso in the lost world!)

A mount kilimanjaro experience awaited us on hole 9. ..although it was possible to avoid....however not as "crazy"

Cappy Gilmore recreates a Lost World moment..

A selection of shots here..the central waterfall which runs down and is part of the hole in photo 2....(if your ball goes in the water, the current takes it down to the hole..clever stuff!!) Being the skilled Cappsters, we didn't lose our balls in the winger (wet ginger)..but fishing nets were on hand if we had done!

Notice the ginger box, minus the ginger bitch. ..no team photo, as visors werent present.

Cappy Gilmore was taking score, in which Jenster was the UNDISPUTED champ...beating Cappy Gilmore by 7 shots (she was doing well until she was 2 under garlic...and was looking to take a trip on that big old garlic ship!)

Debrief:

Location: 6/10

Design: 7/10

Maintenance:11/10

Craziness: 7/10

Hospitality: 4/10 (big queue)

No windmill

Bonus points: wet gingers, normal golf avaiable, AND indoor putting practice.

Total: 38/50

Crazy G graveyard

After our isle of wight weekend, a few of us were having crazy g withdrawl symptoms. Some of us were lucky enough to stumble across a course when going to play hockey in southampton...others weren't so fortunate.Living in West London, our nearest course seemed to be Lampton park in Hounslow.

So, the 3 of us set off down the A312....unfortunately, a usual journey time of 10 mins turned into 45, with the infamous A312 midday traffic.
With nothing but crazy g on our minds, we sat it out, and eventually arrived at the park.....only to find that the course was locked up for the winter! Gutted. On our way out of the park, we spotted a hole in the ground. It wasn't until we noticed the hills and ramps that we realised it was an abandonned crazy g course! We surveyed this achaeological find with sadness...what had happened here?!

Disheartened and exhausted (chants still being slightly disabled, although thankfully off the crutches at last!) we returned to downtown hounslow for lunch, drinks and a game of pool (crazy p!!)

Lets hope our next venture is more successful. Watch this space...Hastings here we come!