Turku; Sunday, 25 June, 2017

I had another excellent night’s sleep and a good breakfast before it was time to check out and head back to the station and my train back to Helsinki.

Again, it was another uneventful journey and we arrived back into Helsinki on time. I had about 30 minutes spare but as it wouldn’t have been enough time to do anything in Helsinki I instead wandered round to the suburban train platforms and picked up the train back to the airport.

A smooth journey through the airport and once again a delay from Norwegian. This time the flight was so full that they were pleading for people to offer to put hand luggage in the hold so that everything could fit – and as I didn’t need by bag during the flight I offered up my bag – this turned out to be a big mistake.

It was an uneventful flight and we landed back in Gatwick around 30 minutes late. It was a quick journey through the airport and my original hold bag came up on the baggage belt very quickly.

Sadly, the same couldn’t be said for the bag I’d offered to go into the hold and it was a good 20 minutes and some worry that it hadn’t actually been put on the flight, before it finally came around – just in time for me to miss my train at Gatwick.