Stavanger; Thursday, 18 October, 2012

With just one flight leaving Gatwick after mine the airport was almost creepily quiet, with most things closing for the evening.

With the airport so quiet it was quite surprising to see so many people at the gate room when the flight was finally called.

All boarded and pushing back on time we headed off into the night sky and north towards Norway.

With a strong tailwind pushing us all the way, and a generous timing on the flight schedule we landed in Stavanger 20 minutes early.

A bit of a delay waiting for the luggage, but then through to an equally deserted Stavanger Airport.

As it was late I decided to take a taxi to the hotel. Had I know quite how close the hotel was, and that the 90 second taxi ride was going to cost over £15 I think I would probably have walked.

I checked into the airport hotel and went straight to bed, only to be woken 45 minutes later by a fire alarm which turfed everyone out of the hotel for about 15 minutes before it was back to finish off the attempt at a good nights sleep