Wimbledon...

NanKate, did you hear him telling Henman how he had cramp in his first match at Wimbledon,Henman replied that he didn't , Castle comes back with - you did a bit. And I think he has a thing for Henman , I keep shouting at the tv - it's Aorangi Terrace not Henman Hill, but does he listen? Noooo

Where is Johnny Mac, he talks tennis not Henman this and Henman that

Why is Andrew Castle on your throttle list Annie? Is it to do with the inane chat the commentators sometimes have between each other ? I want to hear about tennis statistics not what the players are wearing.

The best commentators IMO are Jim Courier at the French and John McEnroe at Wimbledon.

Noo! I love Andrew Castle!

Could you do so before tomorrow's play please whenim, please

Not until I have, Annie

I am a pacifist but I have an urge to throttle Andrew Castle

Thank you NanKate

Wawinka claims he can beat Djokovic because he is the only player who csn bully him .

Djokovic back on form in second set

Poor you Annie. I have been to Wimbers a few times in my life and it is fun, but now I am in my dotage I prefer to lie on the sofa with a mug of tea and a piece of cake and watch wall to wall tennis.

The thing I found odd is that when visiting Wimbledon there is no commentary and it feels odd. The second time we went we took small radios and listened via an ear piece.

.......on second thoughts, Serena is screaming her head off every time she hits the ball. Back to Djokovic!

For a couple of games, the blue tit had the upper hand! A predictable match (watch me be proved wrong) so I'm watching Serena over on Court One now.

Djokovic is getting a run for his money! - not a walkover so far.

I hope to see some of the actions and I'm hoping Murray will win again!

NanKate, I will confess , when our daughters were three and four my stupid, stupid husband booked his summer holiday second week of Wimbledon. We went on our annual beach holiday , men's semi finals day and I told two little girls the tide was right in and we couldn't go on the beach , I still suffer guilt and they are now in their forties , oh the shame , even worse - I would do it again . Elder daughter had revenge , had two tickets in the Wimbledon draw - which I entered every year even before she was born but never lucky . Her second baby was due end June so we couldn't go. Think it was that thing called karma

I will watch as much as I can, but have a busy fortnight coming up. I like the men's games better as they are faster and do not simply involve standing at the back of the court thwacking the ball - oh and grunting! My favourite are men's doubles. It is due to be 34 degrees on Wednesday - I wouldn't fancy playing tennis in that!

Annie I am equally addicted. In 1974 my son had just been born and I slipped out to the TV room in the hospital. I can always remember being reprimanded by one of the nurses as follows.

'Mrs Kate your baby needs feeding NOW'
'I'm sorry Sister but I don't know when I am going to have the time to watch Wimbledon again'.

The look on her face as I scurried back to my crying son.

Hope Djokovic doesn't try his mind games with Andy at Wimbledon; the crowd will crucify him for it.

I will watch all day every day, my Wimbledon mug is ready , Wimbledon towels will be in the bathroom, yes it know it's sad . I have only ever failed to watch one men's final and that was 1970 when Newcombe played Rosewell, I had a thing for Newcombe but so wanted Rosewell to have a Wimbledon win before retirement loomed, so I took my baby for a walk and watched the highlights in the evening

Think Djokovic will win but so want Andy to . His potential matches are Tsonga, Nadal, Federer and Djokovic , gulp

I will probably watch some of it, but agree with others re the noise from some of the female players. One last year was not so much a "grunt" as someone going "Wheeeeeee" for what seemed an inordinately long time after she had hit the ball.

I don't remember Virginia Wade, Billy Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova et al making such noises, and they seemed to do ok!

Off to the Finals Day at Stoke Park today (my gift to my DH for his 70th ). We are seeing Verdasco and Sock, plus others such as Goran I* can't spell his name.

I am wearing my best frock and jacket, but also sadly my Hotter sandals which look far from stylish, because I have grotty feet.

What a good idea Pittcity especially as the weather is supposed to be hot this week! Hope you enjoy it

There's a thought; I wonder if they'll have it on the big sceen in town?

Colchester council are putting up a big screen in the park and adding Pimms to the cafe menu so that we can pretend that we are on Henman Hill.
Gransnetters hope to meet here on Wednesday 8th July.
Personally I will be glued!

I think Andys in the form of his life; win or lose he's good to watch.