The Gardeners' World Blog

So it's finally stopped raining long enough for us to get Wimbledon finished and I can get back to the day job of being Series Producer for MotoGP. June and July are a bit of a marathon from my point of view. I reckon by the end of July I'll have done more than 50 days and managed only five days off - the good news is, I have some time off booked after Laguna and I'm planning to sleep for days! Having said that I really enjoy working at Wimbledon as it’s a complete change from what I do on the bikes.

We left Donington on Sunday night and drove back to London. Within 12 hours I was walking in the gates of SW19. The first morning is always a bit chaotic regardless of how much preparation we do and this year was no different, not helped by pretty grim weather and then the Henman match meant we stayed on air till 9.30 in the evening – so it was a very long day indeed!