*Friluftsliv; a handy word meaning open-air living, capturing the Scandinavian approach to living life in harmony in nature.

There is less than a week to go until I set off on my Churchill Fellowship trip to Norway. My trains and ferries are booked, my itinerary is planned and my diary is nearly full with a list of visits and appointments with organisations doing innovative work in my area of study.  All that is left for me to do is to pack my bags and say goodbye to colleagues, friends and family.  But before I do, I need to explain why I’m going.  Afterall, two months is a long time to disappear, leaving my business and family to manage without me ‘on a free holiday’, as at least one person has described it, (its not)!

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