For The Last Time

It's been a time since my last post, I know. Enough of a time that I wouldn't be surprised if this is read by about as many people as threw me a Welcome Back to England party. Still, I took a little ten-day trip northeast in November and it is therefore my duty to here chronicle, in brief or in full, my deeds and thoughts.

I flew from Stansted on Friday the third, on Guido Fawkes weekend, so as the plane flew over Anglia I was lucky enough to get an aerial view of all the fireworks detonating below. There was less of a view coming in to land at Bergen Flesland what with all the cloud cover. Some things never change, and the constant rain in Bergen is one of those things. It barely stopped pouring for the entire time I was there.

The only escape from the perpetual downpour was a trip up to the mountains. It was the annual, week-long prayer and fasting conference at the snowy mountain lodge of Hermon Høyfjellssenter and chance not only to, er, pray and fast, but also to spend time with good Norwegian friends and, most importantly, to catch the latest film from Jon Håtveit at skifilm.no, Mind The Gap. Featuring a blatant disregard for the authority of the British Transport Police at Angel underground station, it's the most impressive freeski film he's made so far.

As well as the Bergensk rain and the death-defying antics of the skifilm.no crew, some other things that apparently don't change are the Norwegian sense of hospitality (especially Magny's), the magnetic pull of the Nice Price CD section of Platekompaniet and the way I feel about the place.

Arna is a second home and I was so happy to be able to spend some time with my family there. Bergen is still my favourite city to wander aimlessly in and my friends there remain some of the nicest people I know. To be honest it was quite a wrench to leave but the right place for me to be at the moment is in London.

And so this will be my last post on this web log. It only makes sense to call it a day now that Dan is no longer In Norway. But chillax, I'm in the process of starting a new blog. I thought about calling it something clever like Nan In Doorway, but, no. You can find it at writenothingelse.blogspot.com. Why the name? I'm not sure, but maybe I'll post an explanation of that if I ever work it out exactly for myself.