Hog Blog, Strawberries & Cream, it’s Wimbledon Time!

Tennis anyone? It is Wimbledon time.

Wimbledon has begun and that means strawberries, rain, cream, rain, Cliff Richard and more rain. During World War Two a bomb landed in an empty ‘Center Court’, causing a great deal of damage. Unfortunately Cliff was a baby at the time and was nowhere near the grounds Wimbledon has its’ own resident hawk called Rufus. His patrols are stepped up during the tournament and he has been trained not to attack badly made wigs. The grass is cut to 8mm for matches to ensure regular bounce for the elite of world tennis. It takes a legion of scissor and ruler wielding members of the Women’s Institute to keep it just so. Noise makers are prohibited at all Wimbledon events including vuvuzelas, rattles and klaxons. That will be my human banned then! Although we all dig little green balls bouncing on the grass there is one topic far more important and that's the food. After all watching tennis is hungry work. It takes 1,700 catering staff to feed them and this is what they chomp, slurp and gulp through during the world famous ‘Grand Slam’.

300,000 cups of tea and coffee

250,000 bottles of water

190,000 sandwiches

150,000 cakes and savories

150,000 glasses of Pimm’s

135,000 ice creams

130,000 served lunches

100,000 pints of beer

60,000 sausages

40,000 served, char-grilled meals

30,000 portions of fish and chips

30,000 liters of milk

23,000 bananas

22,000 slices of pizza

20,000 portions of frozen yoghurt

17,000 bottles of champagne

12,000 kilos of poached and smoked salmon

And don't forget 28,000 kilos of English strawberries and 7,000 liters of fresh cream.

Huh sounds like my human’s weekly shopping list!

Talking of food we see Mollie is giving away free treats in a competition (if you answer 3 simple questions), posted anywhere in the world. Hey guys free treats, hmmmm 3 questions, hmmmm no brainer!  Link below and just post answers as a comment. Free Food Yummy!!!!!! Just put my entry in!

Mollie!