Wimbledon and the Theatre - 🇬🇧 Cotswolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - CycleBlaze

May 31, 2025

Wimbledon and the Theatre

Class and culture

This morning we went out to the Wimbledon tennis park to tour the grounds and the museum. Even if you are not a tennis player this place is very impressive.  After the tour Tim and I went for a quick pub lunch and pint followed by a short rest.

In the afternoon Tim and I wondered around some of the sites of London before meeting up with Hilary and Christopher at the Prince of Wales theatre to see The Book of Mormon.  The play was hilarious but it is completely irreverent towards religion and a little off colour at times.  Nonetheless we all laughed ourselves silly.

Hilary and Christoper outside of centre court.
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Inside #1 court where the grounds crew meticulously mowing the lawn.
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The sign on court 18 where the longest match in history was played. This can no longer happen because they use the tie break even in the 5th set.
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The entrance to the new media centre. The clocks show the current time for the locations of the 4 major tournaments.
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Courts 14-17 being readied.
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A view of court 18 and Henman hill or Murray’s mound, take your pick. This is where you can sit and watch tennis on a big screen eating strawberries and cream while drinking champagne or Pimms.
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Tim and me on the tour.
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The skyline of London. They have great names for some of the buildings such as the gherkin, scalpel, cheese grater, walkie talkie and the shard.
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Centre court with the royal box being constructed at the end.
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Jan MeyerGreat photos Marg, I’m really enjoying your tour of London!
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There are plaques like this one listing all of the champions over the years.
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The evolution of the tennis ball. Yellow balls became the norm in 1986 because they are easier to see.
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The pub where we had lunch.
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My lager
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Tim and me in the pub.
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A glimpse of Buckingham palace and the statue of Queen Victoria from St James Park.
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Tim in front of the statue of Queen Victoria and Buckingham palace. The union jack is flying not the king’s cipher so he is not home.
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A closer view of Buckingham Palace.
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The statue of Winston Churchill in the park across from Westminster.
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Westminster, British parliament, from the bridge.
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A memorial to the Battle of Britain in the foreground and the London eye in the background.
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We stopped at this pub for another pint of the same beer.
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Canada’s high commission on Trafalgar Square.
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The programme from the Book of Mormon play
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The stage
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A glass of Prosecco before the play
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Pat HeydonVery interesting trip and pics. So far I want to go to all the places you’ve been including the pubs!
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Wendy Joneswow, what a day! great photos
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