The last way anyone would want to prepare for the defence of their Wimbledon title would be to have almost a full year of inactivity, after the double misfortune of stepping on glass in a restaurant in Munich, and developing a blood clot which travelled from her leg to her lung.

In fact, make that a triple misfortune, as she disclosed that her year of medical traumas included falling off her bike - "a pink beach cruiser" - while cycling last autumn around her Florida 'community' which had an elderly demographic.

"I wasn't obeying local traffic laws, and I was going too fast, and couldn't control the speed," she said. An ambulance was driving by, and the crew stopped and asked the Wimbledon champion, lying there in a heap by the tipped-up bike, if they could help.

Spring for me means a lot of things when it comes to style. One of the few things that I tend to gravitate toward when the weather is warm is a nice cap. My closet is outfitted with a few fitted caps, trucker hats and as you can see from this post driving caps. The driving cap has many names such as; Flat Cap, Jeff Cap and Paper boy cap to name a few. Mainly, I stick with the driving cap name because these caps remind me of the old (really old) race car uniforms when racers would wear these particular caps.Many people associate the plugs with the people of the working class from the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and London.

Adding a pipe plug in an unstructured look very relaxed adds that childish charm, but can still give you some "bad-ass" attitude. Keep the hat in the same color family as the rest of your clothes will not make the hat stand for keeping. With a more casual look with a cap of lead several reasons not seek for him....

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