Will Wimbledon be ready in time?

Many Putney residents don't realise that the constituency extends right down to the very edge of the All England Tennis Club. The winding streets like Victoria Drive, Princes Way and Queensmere Road certainly feel a long way from the Putney riverside - both literally and in terms of the local concerns residents raise with me.

The home of Wimbledon tennis is even more prominent on the horizon at the moment because the site is currently overrun with cranes as the Club races to fit a retractable roof on Centre Court in time for the championships in late June - you can just make it out in this photo taken from Winterfold Close.

Given the clockwork efficiency that, rain allowing, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships are renowned for, I'm sure they'll complete the work on time, but for the moment, they make an impressive image with only seventeen weeks or so before Wimbledon 2008 commences.