After a meeting of Team Basil it was decided that one of its members (me) would go on the brave and lonely mission to explore some of Oslo’s museums, while the others (mainly Sarah) would remain behind and fulfil domestic…

Team Basil were shaken from their reverie by the shrill tones of the ubiquitous iPhone alarm. At 7.15 it was so early even the dogs rolled over and went back to sleep. The human members of the team had no…

Having made the decision to cut short our time in the Western Fjords because of bad weather, inevitably today dawned with a clear blue sky! I don’t know what the weather is like further north, but I felt a tinge…

Our sleep was accompanied, all night long, by the drumming of rain on Basil’s roof. By the time morning arrived both Sarah and I had mentally decided we would head for Oslo and cut our final three days in the…