NOT even the rare sight of the midnight sun could distract Ilminster couple Margaret and David Pincombe from their Chard and Ilminster News.

They recently enjoyed a holiday on a postal ship sailing from Bergen up along the western coast of Norway.

They visited the fjords, and travelled above the Arctic Circle to Kirkenes, making 34 stops at villages and islands, and witnessing the midnight sun.

Pictured is Margaret in the Lofoten Islands beside the ship, the MS Nordlys, near the North Cape, north of the Russian border.