Wimbledon!

Every year Andy enters a ballot to win the chance to buy tickets to Wimbledon and this year he got the chance! So we got tickets for court three on the Friday of the first week! Andy's wanted to go for ages so he's been really excited about it!

We decided to get the train rather than take the car thinking it would be easier. Well, after getting to Euston and realising we should have got off at Watford it seemed we might have been wrong! But we got there eventually and it was nice to walk past all those people queueing and go straight in! The forecast said it was going to rain and it did look a bit cloudy when we left home, so we took jumpers, coats and umbrellas, only to get there in hot sunshine and cloudless skies!

Despite the delay we managed to get to our seats in time to see most of the first game. (men's singles) I enjoy playing and watching tennis but I've never been into it in a really big way and I enjoyed being there more than I thought I would! I think maybe it has something to do with the atmosphere there is when you're actually there.

I can't remember the names of everyone we saw, but you can see yourself from the pictures! (click on them to see them larger)

It was too hot to sit in the sun for too long, so after a bit we went in search of strawberries and cream! (and some lunch) I'm not sure about the place we choose to sit for lunch though, as a tennis ball that came over from one of the courts behind us! Then back to court 3 for a couple more games and more sitting in the hot sun!

We had our dinner sitting on Henman Hill, or Murray's Mount, or whatever people are calling it these days and watched the centre court game on the big screen. We had a look around the shop, but most things were quite expensive! We were very tempted by some of the baby things, but they were either boys things or girls things and we don't know what we're having yet!

We didn't realise how late it was getting and it was about half nine before we left, but not before we'd had a last wonder around the grounds, Andy had managed to get autographs from two female British tennis players, and we'd seen Sue Barker!

We are making the most of being able to do things together just the two of us at the moment, without all the extra things that babies involve! (Not that we are regretting having a baby, but things do get a bit more complicated when a baby is involved because that has to be your priority)

The train journey home was horrible and a bit of an ordeal, but that aside it was a really lovely day! And the sunset on the way home was really beautiful!