They are trying very hard to convince us it really looks like this - I'm finding it hard to believe!
When really it looks like this!

Its been a stressful few days in the jury as we dealt with the fall-out from various very public interpretations of discussions that took place in meetings here in Abtenau.
With just 4 hours sleep on Sunday night as I worked to get a useful and useable document together so that we could all see a path through the maze of certification and documentation issues, now as it continues to rain cats and dogs the final pieces are falling into place and I can catch up on some sleep!

Coming back late last night from dinner with friends it was just 3.5 degress here at the HQ, the snow line is just above us and its still raining! Its JUNE for heavens sake - the ducks swimming in the landing field are close to drowning - we need some divine intervention here. I'm sure this is a country stuffed full of mountains but these last days it has been impossibe to tell as the cloud base is at the same height as my window!
Its looking right now that the dodgy weather may continue through Friday which makes Saturday possibly our last chance to validate this championship. Please, if anyone has a direct-line 'upstairs' say some nice words for us - we need all the help we can get!