I’ve had my holiday in Norway, and what a stunning place it is! I very much enjoyed every minute of the the Hurtigruten cruise (that’s pronounced “Hooti-rooti”).

Anyway, I ended up using SAS for all my flights – four off. They were very good and it was 737s all the way. -400, -600 and -800 models. Boy, do those smaller versions have some take-off power! I jokingly asked a pilot at the end of one flight if he had been a fighter pilot, as the take-off was a rocket-like zoom! He just smiled.

Incidentally, SAS baggage reclaim was the fastest I have ever seen on every flight. At Heathrow on my return, I visited the toilet and took the long walk to baggage reclaim and there was my bag on the carousel.

Some notes on Norwegian and Sterling: Sterling had no direct flights to Oslo, and Norwegian was extremely expensive. Being an old wrinkly, I didn’t manage to book my flight home from Bergen to the UK until the day (last Sunday) and Norwegian wanted over £300 for a single fare. The nice lady at SAS managed to get me a cheaper flight via Oslo.

I hope SAS survives.

Bri