Monday 6th September Christchurch to Bergen (Norway) Left home in the small hours to pick up the 8.20am flight from Gatwick. Dad kindly drove me up and left dropped me off at the airport, he had to go on to work that morning so he went straight on and left me alone with my backpack for the first time! Flight was fine and the weather was perfect as we flew in over Norway and we got a great view of the landscape which was pretty but not as dramamtic as some of t...

8 days until departure....just checking how this works!