Wimbledon
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Getting in early
Having not learnt Spanish yet (7 months after I said I would), not researched and brought a camera yet (5 months after I said I would) or completed many of the things on the 'To Do' list yet, as promised, I thought it wise to start the blog early. ...
The Championships
... and held its first tournament in 1877. The tennis club switched locations and grew over the decades eventually evolving into the Wimbledon we all know with the famous Centre Court where the championships are held for all the world to see. The ...
Home!!
... safe and sound, apart from our bags which will be following us tomorrow thanks to American Airlines! We are sat in Wimbledon typing our last entry with Fluffs hoping our feet, having thankfully forgiven us for sixth months abandonment!! Its been a ...
Wimbledon what a blast!!
... tennis as we meandered around. We were in time to see James Kerr win his doubles match and experienced first hand wimbledon's strawberries and cream, Pimms and icecream before returning to our seats to watch the end of the match between Aleksandra ...
What's about to happen and friends...
... a while but our send off drinks last night has really bought the fact home that in just 7 days we'll be saying goodbye to Wimbledon, our families and our friends for a year at least and who knows, maybe for longer. We've spent a week packing the house up ...
6 Weeks To Go
Well, here we are on a Sunday morning with exactly 6 weeks to go until we set off on our trip. We have put the flat on the lettings listings with various estate agents, found our storage unit for the big flat pack up and are busy selling everything that ...
Day one: Wimbledon
Upon my first day, I discovered the relative I am staying with is not the most riveting of folks. That is to say, he's pushing Seventy and is dull beyond my wildest imaginings. I walked about the city he lives in for a bit, and started picture taking. ...
and the twenty-first
two days together, since they were both spent assing around Wimbledon. I meandered down to the cemetery at one point, but I got so creeped out that I left after only three pictures. This is really stuff you should do with friends. I'm working on ...
LONDON CITY
Today we went for a trip through the heart of London. We took the underground train ('tube') from Wimbledon to Waterloo. We went to and rode the London Eye (a huge Ferris wheel on the Time River) and saw lots of famous London icons from it (such as: the ...
Queuing - Ross's dream come true
Ross's big day out – we got up at 4.45am to get to Wimbledon to queue for the queue to get tickets – not even for Centre Court, just the outside courts. Walked miles and miles again and the streets were deserted until we rounded the corner ...
Easter Egg Hunt, Wimbledon Village
... great "Adults Only" night out. Eddie, Edwina, Richard and I headed out to the Lighthouse restaurant in Wimbledon Village for a beautiful dinner. We started with a Bellini cocktail (the restaurant's recommended cocktail) and then got stuck ...
The Plan
OK, so here's the plan. We head off from Sydney to Sri Lanka for our first stop where we spend 9 days, travelling around the island with our driver, checking out the tea plantations, an elephant sanctuary and loads of templates and historic sites. We ...
And finally, back home!
I caught my BA flight back to Heathrow overnight. It was a very good flight and I slept all the way home. Getting back to London was a bit of a culture shock. Having just spent the last month in the Borneo rain forest with little time ...
Not Wimbledon and then Wimbledon
... four hours. Stephanek finally won, 3 sets to 2, 6 games to 4. We then took a break to eat some delicious, official Wimbledon strawberries and cream. After that,we headed over to Court 3 and caught Gilles Simone of France (#8) play Victor Hanescu of ...
WIMBLEDON
... the news, and we tried to talk them into immigrating to Australia. Sure hope they give it a try! We joined the queue for Wimbledon on Day 1 after camping the night about 6 blocks away. When we were there 3 years ago, we took out a second mortgage ...
A night out at Finches
A heap of us headed for Finches in Wimbledon village to celebrate Alex Livesey's ...
New Years Eve in Wimbledon
... , unbelievable, Tracy actually made it to London at 7:30 in the freezing morning of 27th Dec, 2006. I'm staying with Libby in Wimbledon, a beautiful part of Ole' London-town, right near the tennis courts, above a row of cute little shops. I ...
Wimbledon...just hanging out with our mate Lleyton
... up our money, thankyou very much! Haha, Kane was wise to it from the beginning so we didn't get scammed thankfully!) Anyway, Lizzy from Wimbledon turned out to be ligit and we have been here for about a month now. We have a lovely room on the top level ...
Pims, Undies and Whispers at Wimbledon
... World Cup ablaze and Wimbledon recently done and dusted. In the spirit of spectatorship three lovely ladies (myself included) headed to Wimbledon (which is literally around the corner from Prue’s house) on a balmy Wednesday afternoon. Entry was a ...
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