This week I'm off to Calais on Friday for the E-Faith weekend on Industrial and Technical Heritage (programme here).  I'll be talking briefly about how the Ballast Trust works and the way in which we have been able to make use of volunteers and staff with specialist knowledge to process technical records.  Details of other papers and reports are available here.

I'm also attending the Heritage Volunteer Managers Network meeting in Inverness on Thursday.  This will be a good opportunity to find out about how other organisations use volunteers and learn from their experiences. 

So, its going to be busy but I'll report back here next week when I return.  I will still be able to post a Friday photo thanks to the wonders of technology.