Wonderful Wimbledon

It's my favourite time of the year again!

Such a joy and a privilege to actually be able to GO to Wimbledon.

Not that I am  greedy about it...no indeed!

I do not camp out overnight and queue for hours  for the limited tickets for courts 1 , 2 and 3 at discount prices.

£58 ( first days) £ 130 ( last days) 

 

I go  around lunch time, queue for an enjoyable hour or so, and pay £17 .

This gets me into the grounds , and  any match (space allowing) on courts 4 to 18.

It's enough for me! 

I will never be able to afford to pay the thousands and thousands of £'s for finals tickets.

£28 000 for this years men's finals I think.

At 5 pm, there are the resale tickets, £5, which goes to charity, that's how I got to see Federer in the quarter finals on centre court . Worth queuing for. Of course, not too many people put the final days tickets up for resale! Not impossible though, emergency for a doctor, death in the family, house burning down...it happens...

This year, I saw Martina Navratilova on court 18.

She was playing doubles with Pam Shriver in the women's invitation.

If I never get to go to Wimbledon again, I will die happy. 

Tennis wise, seeing Martina  is all I have ever wanted. I love her.

Not in a mad stalker way. Just in if she ever asked, I would leave The Hubby for her way.

Of course, the other 38 000 people in the grounds were on Henman  Hill watching Murray.

I don't like Murray. I think he is petulant. 

The Hubby laughs at me, because Murray can do nothing right in my eyes. And admittedly, I do go on about him a bit. Ok, quite a lot. At home. 

Boy oh boy...never say this to The Great Pom Public.

All I said ( in the corner shop) was that I thought he would have a hard time beating Novak Djokovic.

I didn't even start the conversation. 

It was like a pack of hyenas turning on me.

For a brief moment, I contemplated saying that I thought he was a sissy whiny crybaby.

Sanity prevailed and I left while the going was good. 

I don't not like him because he is a Pom.

I was happy ( for Britain, not him) when he won at the Olympics.

I didn't like Boris because he always spat on court.

I didn't like Wayne Ferreira because he, like Murray , was always a bridesmaid .

I didn't like anyone who beat Martina. 

Nothing to do with nationality.

I actually have a very vague idea of where Serbia  is, but I like Novak because he is a good player with a good attitude.

I think it is fantastic the way the Poms get behind their players. 

Good for them.

I just don't think Murray will win. 

If he does, I will post an apology on twitter, how's that? 

Wimbledon is a very personal experience for me. 

Best I keep enjoying it by myself! 

I don't even play tennis.