I feel that a trip down to Barry Island is incomplete without a round of mini-golf at Smuggler's Cove. It's a centre piece along the main Promenade of Barry Island and it's full of freaky pirates and discarded pirate ships (that, mysteriously, the pirates are much larger than). It's a business that hasn't allowed itself to slip into obscurity and continues to attract punters with both its reasonably small golf course and its even smaller café for those who prefer to spectate during such glorious sporting events.
Even though the Ryder Cup is coming half an hour down the road near Newport, I'm sure there will be many that are transfixed on the Smuggler's Cove championship that I just made up in my head. It's £3 for an adult and £2.50 for a kid, or you can do a round as 4 people and get it for a tenner. read more