After this morning's terror attacks on London, the atmosphere around the Gleneagles media centre changed markedly, and the tone of John's piece for BBC Online reflects that sombre mood:
The air is now extremely gloomy up here and I am not finding the excitement and energy that I usually see with journalists.
Those from London will be worried about friends, family and colleagues, and those from abroad will perhaps be feeling cut off from the real theatre of action, even as they are appalled at the loss of lives and threats of further terror.
Like John, many of the journalists have seen the aftermath of violence and terror in their own countries, and they're all shocked by this morning's events, and, like John, offer their condolences to the people of London.
John what you are experiencing is what is exactly happening here in Uganda.The attention of journalists in media houses has turned away from the G8 to the bombings. Some are of the filling that perhaps the bombings could be somewhere nearer yesterdays london winning the 2012 olyimpics hosting while others agree with the prime minister Tony Blair that they are coinciding with the G8 summit.
Posted by: Pius Sawa | Thursday, 07 July 2005 at 18:08