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As well as writing our thoughts about the rehearsals we all have moments to wander round taking photos of the surroundings we are in, some of the artists and some slightly more kooky ones for you to browse through.

Here are pictures from in and around the press centre, arena and surrounds.

The headline picture and this picture are from the inside of the fleet of buses left at our disposal outside the arena. Really quaint and old worldly but I bet this one has not had a clean in years.

Wise words on the bus

Some views on the fringes of the arena inside the shipbuilding shed. One shows the stage through scaffolding and the other looks over the stage to old signage in the background.

View of the stage through scaffolding

A signage from the old shipbuilding days

Now we look around the surrounds of the area we are in. The technical area outside the press tent, some old industrial machinery on the dockside.

Technical area outside press tent

Some old industrial machinery

Then we have a scenic view over the dock side followed by some old ship rope coiled on the docks.

Scenic view from dock side

Money for old rope

We then take a look back inside the arena with a close up of a piece of the backdrop.

Pieces of the backdrop

Josie sings for Croatia during their rehearsal today.

Josie sings for Croatia

Croatia rehearsal

A view of the seating area though I suspect a lot of the seating has still to go in.

A view of the seating area

Now we look at where all the official JESC.tv work goes on.

JESC.tv office

But there are also other press working furiously here. But at the end of the day they all need food.

JESC press

JESC press food

Back outside again and the winds overnight caused havoc with the landscaping.

JESC landscaping effected by wind

Then we have old cranes with the venue name on them.

Crane with venue name

The safety notices may have been around for years.

JESC safety signage

The interior of the old shuttle buses revealed and it hold 40 passengers.

The old shuttle bus revealed

Posted by Andrew James Main.

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