Daddy Cool: 'I Was Consumed by a Desire to Leave the Children'

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FOR several years I have been entering the ballot to be allocated tickets at Wimbledon and, after a couple of fruitless efforts, a nice white envelope from the All England Club dropped through the letter box earlier this year announcing that we had the chance to buy tickets for Number One court on men's quarter-final day.

I was jumping up and down as it is always one of the best days of the tournament, a guarantee of catching a couple of the star names with a young hopeful or ageing legend thrown in. It was instantly planned, a dash down the motorway, a big favour asked of family and an overnight escape to London with top-class tennis and perhaps even a glass of Pimm's thrown in. Perfect.

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Daddy Cool: 'I Was Consumed by a Desire to Leave the Children'

But there was a problem. This year the quarter-final was the day before the childr...

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