As we were going to press yesterda y (Thursday), a satellite dish was quite literally winging its way to Caldey Island. In order for the island's monks to watch the funeral of Pope John Paul II today (Friday), a satellite dish was being installed at the monastery to pick up the TV signal. Although the monks do own a television set, it has not been watched for some time and a satellite dish is needed because the height of the monastery walls makes it difficult to receive a signal. TV engineer, Lyn Roberts (pictured above), who is based in Llandybie, near Ammanford, answered the monks' prayers for help and agreed to lend them a satellite dish to enable them to watch the historic service live from Rome. He was due to sail over with it yesterday morning to set it up, but bad weather and rough seas prevented the boats from operating out of Tenby harbour. However, following a last minute change of plan, Mr. Roberts was later able to fly over to the isle by helicopter. After the monks have watched the funeral, the dish is expected to be taken down and returned to Mr. Roberts early next week. As a mark of respect to the Pope, Caldey Island will be closed to visitors today (Friday). See also story and picture on page 9.