THE ICA advance party of PJ Wilson, Anne Wilson, Tom Roche and Louise Kerr have arrived safely in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada ahead of the start of the World Senior Curling Championships on Saturday.

Weather mild, food great, natives friendly – hambugers and beer have been demolished and it’s off to bed now after over 40 hours spent travelling.

More news tomorrow…………knackered.

Update – make that 30 hours travelling. There is perverse one-upmanship going on between us all involving long haul flights and time zones! Plod (Neil Fyfe) has appeared this morning – he is currently on his phone texting…….