Herne Hill with Becky - Wimbledon, All Saints Stile Antico concert, Warhorse and Kew Gardens
Well, what a wonderful, varied and relatively relaxed time I have had in the South, staying with Becky, another niece, with occasional sightings of her children Eleanor and William who are back from uni. M What a massive first day Becky and I had in the Queue at Wimbledon, oh so different from decades ago when only a few hundred turned up early! Now they arrive two days before and camp To ensure getting tickets to centre or court 1. We only wanted outside court access, but even arriving at 6, having taken a taxi to ensure no holdups, we were already 6997 and 8 in the queue! Whilst Becky read the rules of queuing, very funny at times, I went for a wander, and stupidly dropped my precious queue card somewhere. By the time I realised, only about ten minutes later, I was already no. 7647 in the queue! I was so distraught. As we were moved to a new spot, I did my best to hide the number at checkpoints. Very stressful. My stupidity! Luckily, Becky was well prepared with bubbles an...