Kilchattan Primary School has arrangements in hand for the next expedition and will be holding a ceilidh to raise funds; please make a note of Monday May 4th for a delightful day of MacPhee Bagging;  Maghnus bought a 60ft launch in Fremantle and has been moving it closer to its new home in Hong Kong, crossed the equator on 25th and reached Sandakan on 28th March; work on the Baptist Manse has taken much longer than expected; ditto work on Hazel Cottage, largely due to the problems with Saturday ferries; the photocopier, printer and scanner in the Service Point has not been operational since last autumn and is STILL down; so is the “public access” broadband, the router has been down for many weeks; the Pantry now offers a fine selection of olives; the hotel is fully open and has an exciting new menu; the Easter service will be in the Baptist Church at 11.30, all welcome (especially children);  Beach Litter hunting has started again, take a bag and collect something whenever you can; organised hunts will start again from 25th April;  the boxroom at No. 3 Glassard is being converted to a bathroom;  there are lambs everywhere and delightful new-borne calves;  the ambulance has a new team of four volunteer drivers; Duncan Sandy has contributed very useful material to the gestating study of Bonaveh; The Corncrake is still in search of a new editor…