8 days to go
Today is "People's Saturday" at Wimbledon, when the hoi polloi can queue for tickets for the show courts. In past years this has resulted in quite a different atmosphere on the middle Saturday of the tournament. Quite rowdy, reminiscent of a football match, I'm sure Evaldas Zilionis loved it.
But this year, as part of their ongoing strategy to make tennis less elitist, the authorities reduced the number of tickets available to the rank-and-file to just 500. This was not well publicised and as a result many people queued overnight, only to find they still didn't get a ticket.
It was a relief to see that the All England club had such a good reason for this cut-back in tickets. A breach of queue discipline last year. Yes, apparently they were queuing two-abreast at some points instead of Wimbledon regulation single file. It's just not cricket you know.
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I tried Pimms for the first time today. It is an English summertime drink, very popular at Wimbledon I'm told. I had it with lemonade and it seemed quite nice. Mind you, I had consumed several lagers beforehand, so my tasting notes may not be very reliable.
11:53:47 PM 
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