Lori and Tim in the UK: Wimbledon

Wimbledon

While in London for the Queen's Jubilee with Megan, we took a tour of Wimbledon which was on our list to see. It's out of central London, so a little off the beaten path, but a short tube ride from where we were staying. The tour was fantastic, one of the highlights of the weekend. The Olympic tennis matches will be played at Wimbledon three weeks after the tourney this year. Lot's of fretting about growing grass back, replanting all the flowers and changing the clocks and colors (new sponsors).

Lori and Megan eating lunch outside the Southfield tube station

Players entrance

Purple and white flowers planted for the tourney later in the month

One of the outside courts.. not much seating

Court 1.. according to the tour guide, the two biggest issues keeping the courts in shape are 1) pigeons eating the grass seed and 2) local foxes. We never did figure out how the foxes get in and what they actually do.

Dad and Megan outside court 1

Tim and Lori

My best attempt at trying to get a close up of the grass.. not quite as fine as a golf green

A plaque by Court 18 commemorating the longest match played a couple of years ago

At the interview table

A few of the outside courts, with court 3 stadium in the Right Hand corner of the picture. There are 18 courts, court 1-12; 14-18, and center court. (No court # 13)