Over 120 aimhi members and guests affirmed bonds to the region and the creative industry at Carbisdale Castle on the weekend before Christmas. Despite the inclement weather, almost everyone in attendance stayed on well past midnight, with the last two dozen or so party-goers still going strong at three in the morning. The get-together was mostly successful, with only two guests accidentally trapped in the secret passageway of the Marble Room. The rumour of the night was the existence of video footage of certain West Coast guests dancing a little too enthusiastically and inadvertently answering that millennia old question about Scotsmen and their kilts.

Before driving off into the sunrise the next morning, aimhi chair Ali Murray said, "The fact that so many like minded people sought each other out at a very special venue made for a wonderful night and shows we are all moving in the right direction".

Many thanks to all those who have braved elements and long distances to attend, and to our friends from the Film Commission, Channel4 Ideasfactory, BBC Scotland, Moray Firth Radio, Business Labs, Pict and Highlands & Islands Enterprise for making it all possible. aimhi would particularly like to thank Lesley Riddoch for coming despite feeling under the weather.