A March weekend in the north east with hillwalking friends (several weeks ago now, but holidays got in the way of posting). Most of us were coming from the London/Cambridge area, so the Scottish border seemed an ideal place to meet up. A conspicuous lack of Pettits owing to poor timetabling may have resulted in some less-than-early starts… As well as walking in the Cheviots and near Bamburgh Castle, and catching up on everyone’s news, we enjoyed a feast (masterminded by Jane) on Saturday evening, and some of us kept the others awake by “playing” Articulate late into the night…