LOOK MA, WE MADE IT….TO WIMBLEDON
We returned home sated, another check on the bucket list. Ever grateful. We were at Wimbledon, enjoying Pimm’s cups and strawberries & cream. As you may recall from our Wimbledon: Making It Happen post, we had procured one ticket. It was for Day 1 of The Championships. So to get an additional ticket for the day, we went through the infamous queue. All our research told us to get there early. But none of it prepared us for the biggest queue ever or the check-in/security issues that plagued AELTC on the first days of the championships. We arrived at 5:30 am. We ended up taking an Uber because the tube didn’t start until 5:27 am, which would have gotten us there lined up in the queue by 6:50 am. That additional time would have made a huge difference in the queue position. At 5:30, we were #2784 & 2785; by 6:30 we would have been near 4500. There were people at the front of the line that camped out in little tents. People were s...