Completed morning program. Wimbledon Park looks like a fair, a large number of people queuing up to see Wimbledon matches and many camping in small colorful tents for days with the hope of getting half used/other tickets for entry in the Wimbledon campus. Pavements on both sides of the
Wimbledon Park road are full of people walking towards the Stadium. Hawkers have set up their shops along the route selling coffee/tea/beer, snacks, souvenirs. A band plays on the way. I saw a Buggi moving on the Park road with a passenger in Victorian dress, sitting in the coach, driven by two stallions with their padded feet. I asked Pilku to check if quarter finals would take place during the remaining days of our stay in London and if so, try to get debenture tickets. Richard had observed a few days back that Wimbledon crowds were no match to those he had seen on TV at Allahabad Mahakumbh recently. But it is also true that entire UK,men,women,children, turn up (or for that matter, entire Europe ) for the 2 week long Wimbledon panorama. It is sight to see their patience in queues for hours. Along a kilometer long route to the stadium, there are refreshment joints , toilets, rest rooms and a number of stewards to politely guide you. If the tickets are sold off for the day, it is informed to them. The majority of them continue to stand in the queue with the hope of getting half-used tickets and if they do not get, start the effort again next day. The queues form up overnight but they are allowed to get in the route from 8 am only. It is a treat to be part of it.
Retired to sleep at 9.30 pm.
Wimbledon Park road are full of people walking towards the Stadium. Hawkers have set up their shops along the route selling coffee/tea/beer, snacks, souvenirs. A band plays on the way. I saw a Buggi moving on the Park road with a passenger in Victorian dress, sitting in the coach, driven by two stallions with their padded feet. I asked Pilku to check if quarter finals would take place during the remaining days of our stay in London and if so, try to get debenture tickets. Richard had observed a few days back that Wimbledon crowds were no match to those he had seen on TV at Allahabad Mahakumbh recently. But it is also true that entire UK,men,women,children, turn up (or for that matter, entire Europe ) for the 2 week long Wimbledon panorama. It is sight to see their patience in queues for hours. Along a kilometer long route to the stadium, there are refreshment joints , toilets, rest rooms and a number of stewards to politely guide you. If the tickets are sold off for the day, it is informed to them. The majority of them continue to stand in the queue with the hope of getting half-used tickets and if they do not get, start the effort again next day. The queues form up overnight but they are allowed to get in the route from 8 am only. It is a treat to be part of it.
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