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37 hour queue – Wimbledon

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Jul 10 2018

There’s only one reason anyone in their right mind should queue for 37 hours and it certainly doesn’t involve a new iPhone launch, or the prospect of grabbing a £5 42 inch flat screen tv in the Black Friday sales. It’s for Centre Court tickets at Wimbledon. I had the pleasure of joining ‘The Queue’ at 8:45pm on Thursday 5th July, and made it into the grounds with my ticket exactly 37 hours later on Saturday 7th July at 9:45am to watch an awesome line up of men’s singles: Nadal v De Minaur, women’s singles Kerber v Osaka, and last, […]

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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