Wednesday 20th

It's 7.20 in the morning and I'm sitting on cold paving stones outside the tourist bureau in the town of Aime because that's what we have to do to access the internet here. Hamish is at circus class so I'm doing this rather than fighting the forces of evil on Club Penguin, which is what I hope to do tomorrow (along with playing hide and seek with Alice). I had a rest day yesterday as I could feel some definite weariness in the interval session from the day before. I was very lazy, with lots of reading, and it was great. In the afternoon Kristy braved her first full classic run, and chose a solid level to do it at, but she made it down which is fantastic (see pics). Ben left us for better digs (see pics- the panorama is from Ben's place) and we went out for dinner for the equivalent of a counter meal. There should be a few more teams turning up in the next couple of days, so it'll start to feel more like a world champs. I'd better explain what it is that we do. Wildwater racing is a time trial, so all paddlers go off one minute apart and race against the clock. There are 2 distances, the classic, which is about 14-15 minutes here, and the sprint, which is about 90 seconds. There are also team races, where 3 paddlers from the same country race with each other, and for me there is also the Master's race for old boys and girls. That's about it. The whitewater is pretty challenging here, but that's why we all came over so early. GTG! ps: we got flies!