Last day of the holiday today and we head back this afternoon. It’s been great to be away for a week with good friends seeing somewhere new. I’ve been so immersed in being out here that I’ve forgotten about work. Great holiday on that point.

Norway is quite unlike any other city I’ve visited in England. It’s relatively small compared to English Cities, constrained by the mountains that surround it so it can’t sprawl for ever and dominated by the atmosphere of the city centre but yet doesn’t feel crowded like so many English cities. Perhaps it’s that there isn’t the volume of traffic going from A to B that dominates English cities?