It's Golf Jim....But Not As We Know It

It was the last full day of all five of us being at home together before the children go back to school (seriously, where have those 6 weeks gone?!!) and the sun was shining so we planned to pack a lot in today.

The children love playing any sort of golf so our first stop was Eaton Park for a picnic lunch followed by Crazy Golf. We've been to this course a few times and it's one of our favourites. It's well-kept, challenging enough for the children, the staff are great with the children and best of all it's reasonably priced at £13.00 for a group of four players-I rarely play as I help Harry out and keep score.

Last time the children played crazy golf Charlie had a few bad holes and really took it to heart but today his mood was much improved. Getting two hole in ones certainly helped!

Today, each child playing golf received a ticket for a free train ride in the park. On Sundays from Easter to October a group of volunteers from the Norwich and District Society of Model Engineers run miniature trains in the park. On the first Sunday of the month the raised heritage track runs and we'd not been on that one before so Harry was really pleased to travel a different route. Molly didn't want to use her ticket, trains aren't cool enough for teens apparently, so Harry & I went on twice. Tickets are usually £1 but today were 50p so it was another cheap activity.

We then decided to play footgolf which is at Eaton Park and Mousehold Heath on alternate afternoons during the Spring/Summer season. On Sundays it's at Mousehold Heath so we popped to a local shop for an ice-cream and then took a short drive to Mousehold Heath. Hubby has taken the boys to footgolf a couple of times but Molly and I didn't know what to expect.

It's set out on an 18 hole course with teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards and a green...and a bigger hole, obviously!

 

I was scorer, yet again, as I didn't fancy playing. The children had a lot of fun, although being left-footed Charlie struggled with some of the holes because hubby said the course was predominantly set out for right-footed players. I wouldn't know the difference!  

Some holes were more challenging than others so it took a while to complete the course but we weren't holding anyone up as it was relatively quiet. We were there for nearly 2 hours and think it's great value for money. A family ticket costs £15.30 and you can take your own ball or borrow one of theirs for a deposit of £3.

If you fancy playing golf with a difference check out the NCC website for details of opening times: Norwich footgolf

After that it was time for my cheeky little monkey to partake in a bit of tree-climbing on the way back to the car.

It was a great day out and the children are sleeping soundly after a rather energetic day out-for us!