Thought I would mention the work situation here, considering that's what we are here for..! The training sessions are tedious, the same things happen each time and unless there is a particular news angle that day then it is a challenge to get something different. We are slowly starting to be allowed to get closer to the training, at first we had to stay on the boundary while the nets were in the middle of the field. Now, as long as we are sensible, we can go pretty much where we want. The change of island always brings a new training ground and the potential for new photos. The worst day of training was when I did two training sessions in one day, NZ and England, six hours of it.... Prefer to do 8 hours of a match.
Technology is fairly up to date, the hotel here in St. Lucia has wireless broadband in the main reception but not in the room. A major pain as this place is made up of villas and apartments on the side of a hill and it's a five minute walk down to the reception. Can't complain as it is free and if you are nice to the staff you will get a free rum punch too! But after three of them the walk up the hill again is near impossible.... There has been major issue's with the internet connections at all the grounds in the Caribbean. Phones and internet not working even though they were booked and paid for months ago. The other day the turnstiles at the gate broke down which meant the internet stopped as well. Anyway, there is broadband on the boundary which works (most of the time) so we can shoot and send during the game. The days are long and hot, I feel the heat quite a bit, and by the end of the day I am tired, hungry and just want a swim. But we normally get back from a match about 7.30 so a swim isn't always possible. There has been no shortage of news, with Bob Woolmers death, Pakistan out and Flintoff up to his old tricks.
Anyway, all is going well, hard to fully relax sometimes as work is never far away, even if all I do is a training session in the morning, by the time we get back and edit and send, it is close to 3pm.
But then again we could be somewhere cold.....
