Wimbledon!

Spent a great day at Wimbledon on Saturday with friends Chris and Margaret.  They release a number of grounds tickets each day for those that queue early - so we arrived at 5:30am and waited in line (in the frequent rain) until we finally made it in around 10:15.

We didn't have any tickets to the main events - but watched Serena Williams and Andy Roddick warm-up from quite close...and caught a bunch of great doubles and junior singles matches.  What a great venue and fabulous day spent in the rare London sunshine!

Catching up!

I have been appallingly lax in my blogging duties - a few weeks along here seem to have gotten away from me!

Since a fantastic visit with my friend Keri, I've been laying low.  Weekly trips to Wales have kept me plenty busy during the weeks - but my weekends have been delightfully much quieter so far this summer (if what we can call the UK weather lately summertime).

I had a great visit from my friend Ian for a night - and we spent the day in Camden Market.  You might remember it from an earlier post as a delicious area to wander and snack your way through - we only indulged in falafel this time, but delicious none the less!

Last weekend - I was able to see my dear friend Bethan here in London for a night (which included a trip to Shakespeare's Globe for see Henry V) and a trip to her family home in Portland (south England coast).

While in Portland we drove (with her parents) to a swannery in nearby Abbotsbury - which was so much fun as we walked through fields of sheep to feed the almost 200 swans (and some teenage signets)!

Off to the Races!

Keri's in town and we had a great day at the races this week...the races being Royal Ascot of course ;-)

She was a lucky winner with her patented "pick a horse with a fun name" betting strategy - but my hand-made (by me!) hat got some pretty nice compliments!

Kristen!

Kristen was in town a few weeks ago!  I'm dreadfully late in posting some pictures - but we had a great time at tea (Gluten Free option for Kristen!), wandering the city, some shopping and general merriment!