Sunday morning.

Our team of "International Technical Officials" is now complete. We are accommodated at the Westin-Sohna Hotel, which is a top-notch resort, south of New Delhi. Whether we will be able to do justice to, or take advantage of, the many facilities is an open question. However, the food is very good and the rooms are very comfortable.

The weather here is warm (low 30s) and quite humid. There has been no rain so far, and there is now some hope that the worst of the monsoon is over. There have been many reports on the state of preparedness of venues and accommodation for the athletes and team officials. We are remote from all that in our oasis, but we expect to see and hear more today.

Yesterday, we went to the range. It was a slow start since the transport arranged for 0900 did not show up until after 1100. It's about a one hour drive over indescribably congested and poor roads. One sees a part of India that is 100% different from the Westin.

The range looks to be in much better shape than it was in April. There is grass, at least to the 600 yard targets, and everything looks to be in good order. We did a full inspection and discussed issues with the on site organisers. There is an issue with the electronic target systems that cannot be resolved until the Sius Ascor engineers arrive from Switzerland. Since their schedule is uncertain at the moment, it is not clear when the final checking and calibration of the targets and hence practice shooting can start. We have a meeting at the range this morning to go into this further.

Today also we will go into New Delhi to be "accredited" and to pick up Games' uniforms. That drive will be about twice or more times as far as the voyage to the range - it will be interesting!

More later - Jim