Lounge style seating, with everything looking crisp and modern, as you would expect from a lounge that has been open for less than a month!

Back to the bar (of course!), and Willard surveys the drinks options, and the innovative "two-tier" catering and bar aproach. He's tempted by the offer of Champagne by the bottle (for an additional fee), but decides to settle for a Mimosa, expertly prepared with the bar's house Prosecco (free of charge).

The Lounge's Head Chef heard of Willard's visit, and insisted he take the opportunity to inspect the kitchen! Willard took the time for a photo opportunity, and complemented him on the ability to supplement the free nibbles in the lounge with additonal paid items, cooked to order from an a'la Carte menu. Willard thinks that he will be waving his Priority Pass card around in this lounge again!

...but, we mustn't forget that not everyone has the option to lounge-hop like Willard, so we return to the Wilmslow lounge (where Willard is still recognised and welcomed back, of course) which is the official lounge here in T1 for SAS and Star Alliance Gold.

Whilst the Escape lounge has virtually everything a discerning bear could wish for, it does, alas, lack windows, so, if you, like Willard, are a bit of a closet plane-spotter (we really must get him an Anorak and Thermos flask!) then a seat here by the floor-to-ceiling windows affords a great view of the apron!