Now, where exactly is the hotel?

We arrived in a very wet Bergen at 11 something in the evening.  Had to get to our hotel which was only 2 km away, but the airport buses stopped running 3 hours earlier, so taxi it was.

Okay so it cost an awful lot of money to drive those 5 minutes, but hell it was worth it. However, we got to our hotel, which was very nice, to discover that the cot we'd ordered for Ned wasn't there, and instead we had 4 single beds!
Jim got that sorted out whilst Maisie unpacked, making sure that her sleeping companions were settled just so, and deciding which breakfast cereal to have in the morning.

Motorway Mayhem

So we got stuck in traffic on the M3.  Massive accident, which closed 2 lanes of the M3, then within minutes another accident further up the motorway which closed the whole thing!

We sat there for an hour, the children - apart from a bit of moaning by Maisie - were brilliant. Then a chap next to us tells us that the police have said the motorway will reopen at 9pm. Our flight leaves at 8pm. It's now 4pm.

Thank god for the motorway police! By 4.30 they'd turned us around and we heading off cross country to get to Gatwick.  6pm we finally arrived at the carpark - never have I been so happy to see the airport.

All checked in, cleared security through the fab family lane at Gatwick - Travelling With Children - found some food, and then boarded the plane ready for the next bit of the adventure.