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An unusual overhead view of a taxiing 737

An unusual overhead view of a taxiing 737

A Thomson 737-800 trundles on to its gate at Gatwick

Isobel peers out over the apron

Aerial view of an easyJet 737

On the escalators at Gatwick

EasyJey actually uses air bridges, unlike some

An easyJet 737 taxis around

Hundreds of trolleys at the real Barcelona Airport

Isobel roams around our spartan accommodation block

A craft workshop commences

Isobel gets down to making stuff

Our picture takes shape

It's a hive of activity

Pictures are laid out on the stage

The team from Talkso do their speech

A French team presents a bizarre Barbie sacrifice

OEC signpost

Some paperwork

The corridors of Cordola Martí

Magnetic letters on boards

People mill around the corridors

The lovely gardens of the Cordola Martí commune

Weird almost-black flowers

It's time for lunch

A table is moved around

The chilled Tempranillo wine flows

The gardens of Cordola Martí

Isobel chats to former Helsinki acquaintance Teemu

A marble bust

Stone gargoyle

A tiled bench and mosaic

There's time for a break and some TV

Funky matchbook sculpture just down the road

Isobel roams the streets of suburban Barcelona

Truck-side graffiti

Some anarchist graffiti

An old Mark 2 Astra (Belmont)

We escape the compound and eat Padrón chillis

Crusty 'Fanta' café sign

Café tables at night

An actual cigarette vending machine is filled up

Empty chairs in the Resedencia Cordola Martí

Back in the workshops, it's day two

Day two's lunch occurs

The OEC canteen

1970s corridors

A post-lunch workshop

The Greek team show off their 'cube robots'

Pre dinner mingling

Isobel talks to a potential investor

More schmoozing occurs

Isobel and a Challenge participant walk to dinner

Our picture again

David Puttnam, legendary 1980s film producer

Apples float in a fountain

Conversation in the walled garden

Isobel chats away

Tasty fish-on-a-stick tapas

Nosher's request of 'Lullaby in Birdland' is played

We hang around with fruit on a stick

Isobel with some OEC panel members and participants

Photos on phones are shared

The funky jazz band do their thing

Lord Puttnam chats to someone

Isobel does more schmoozing with the EU

Some stunning mini cakes arrive

Elsewhere, Luna reads to herself

The OEC participants listen to speeches

David Puttnam awaits his turn

The judges hang around

Lord Puttnam gives a lively speech

By the light of a mobile phone

The next morning, the terrapins are out in force

The 1960s/70s 'cubist' style of the accomodation

The nearby church attached to the 'monastery'

Industrial staircase

Nosher and Isobel make hand-made business 'cards'

Isobel brushes up her pitch

Luna makes up a game out of Isobel's 'things'

Isobel on the stairs

More deserted 1970s corridors

The OEC challengers assemble for a group photo

Nosher and Isobel

Isobel waits on the fountain

Luna has been creative with some fridge magnets

People chat after the results

A map of the participants

Cubist architecture

Mundane wooden doors

More corridors from the 1960s or 70s

Isobel waits at reception to check out

Isobel in the car park

Near the airport, it's the Estralla Damm brewery

A Sleazyjet 737-800 on its own on the tarmac

Our plane loads up

Down the side of an easyJey 737

An executive jet comes in

The actual Barcelonda airport

Cool Olympic-torch control tower at Barcelona

A BA aircraft hangar

Back at Gatwick airport

A massive Emirates Airbus A380 at Gatwick

The giant inter-terminal walkway at Gatwick