The Association held its Christmas lunch on Sunday 14th December at the Cross Keys Hotel in Kelso. Some 80 members attended the lunch and heard Highland and Islands MSP Sir Jamie McGrigor speak about past campaigns and the forthcoming general election. Sir Jamie very kindly donated a couple of raffle prizes, drew the raffle and also auctioned a Holyrood cookbook. In thanking the speaker, John Lamont MSP noted that Sir Jamie had paid us the compliment of arriving early, a feat that he was not known for in Holyrood.