Another nice weekend in Scotland, this time up in Stranraer. We ended the weekend well by winning the I’Anson Cup for the second time in three years. The trophy is massive, the FA cup of curling! Thanks to Phil Barton’s sister Ann for the pictures — for once we didn’t take a camera with us! On the way back we drove through some very scenic countryside, lots of sheep and a marvellous view of Ailsa Craig, the little island where all curling stones come from. This is another posting from Glasgow Airport as well — this time with a laptop that Friedel’s borrowed from work. We’ve come into the wireless age!
Here’s one for your Christmas list. Some curlers — including many of our friends — have produced a calendar to raise money for their teams and the sport by posing nude, or nearly nude. Apparently Austrian skip Claudia Toth – whose image you see here and who appears on the cover – previously said no to the German edition of Playboy. “I loved the whole idea behind it,” said Toth on 
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