Small pleasure. I am really missing meeting people face to face. But lockdown does mean I get time to cook at lunch occasionally.

So a 77-year-old man named Nick turned up at the waste management facility in Lerwick, Shetland (affectionately known as 'the dump') recently with two bags containing around 5,000 old slides of old photos taken on "world travels"...

Have your say on proposals for Scottish manufacturing. Covering collaboration and networks, supply chains, competitiveness, adaptation, transformation, skills & more. What do you want to see? Closes 12 Feb 21 #MakingScotlandsFuture Scottish Government Finance and Economy ow.ly/qxPe30rv42d

Explaining to my 17 year old son how a laser works (and why it should be called a loser) for his Physics A level...

We're logged in & looking forward to this #ScotAppWeek21 event starting soon. Our CEO Paul Winstanley has helped mentor some of these apprentice teams working on climate challenges set by industry. We can't wait to see what they've come up with #fuelchange

The #fuelchange event is truly inspirational. Brilliant to see the enthusiasm by the apprentice teams

So many good things came from yesterday’s Fuel Change National Showcase including judge Paul Winstanley saying that all the concepts were commissionable. Paul also praised the vision, energy and innovation of all the apprentices. More at bit.ly/2OhuIYi #ScotAppWeek21

Long weekend ahead coaching at ⁦@VentureLabNorth⁩. Great to see the BAE team from ⁦@wearefuelchange⁩

Entering (partially) into the virtual spirit of The Herald Higher Education Awards 2021 organising by #heraldevents and hosted by #uws.

This matched my mood perfectly tonight for a clear summers evening drive home on the motorway. Lovely relaxed vibe. I can’t resist buying used music if I like the cover great way of extending your collection.

Having a sneaky breakfast at the new Crichton Central. This is a brilliant piece of development.

At the #techworks gala dinner. Looking forward to a great evening.

Next week's #ArtofPossible will be chaired by Paul Winstanley, CEO, CENSIS 👨‍💻 Entrepreneurial technologist 👉Innovation across: ⚡ #Academia ⚡ Government ⚡#SMEs ⚡International PLCs Culture | Tech | Connect 📅 13 Jan | 🕐 10.45am | 🎟️ Free | 🔗bit.ly/aopjan22

At the #civtech demo day. Great to have supported #isumio on the decarbonisation of manufacturing challenge. Brilliant!

Great to be part of the #civtech demo day 6. Great to have partnered with #civtech

This is what I love about Scotland.

Brilliant innovation with SRUC and CENSIS on sensor tech in agriculture and the power of the data to unlock potential and solve problems. Paul Winstanley Louise Macdonald South of Scotland Enterprise #sustainabilitystartshere #scotlandstartshere

⁦@dfds_uk⁩ thanks for smooth crossings to and from Dunkirk and the complete lack of hassle and flexibility to get us on early crossings. Stellar service!

Edge of Drumpelier Park this morning. They’d planted trees recently along the access road. Two broken. Why???

Clare Reach out to bereavement groups friends family and twitter pals when you need support. Someone is always there for you. Grief comes in waves and learning to surf it is hard. Sleep tight and keep talking and knowing people are there for you