In a hotel? Wow.
On the sleeper I expected a small room, and I wasn’t disappointed! I thought everything was excellent though. In particular the Schiehallion in the lounge car.
To be clear, I meant the sleeper room isn’t en suite - not sure if that was the target of your “wow” or the comment on the size! It was my own fault in Amsterdam - it was a work trip that I extended for leisure but forgot to book a hotel until the last minute
Anyway to stay on topic...a bit of noise from either side which will hopefully calm down once people fall asleep. The noise from the toilet flushing is also a bit loud though.
A smooth pull-away but there’s definitely no escaping the fact I’m on a train. Distinctly less creaking than I remember from the last time I travelled in the Mk3s, though.
I like the cradles for holding phones etc. while charging, but (and this is a trivial thing in the grand scheme) a small hook just above the cradle in line with the panel would be handy to keep the cable out of the way. I can see myself waking up in the night and just seeing this “thing” swinging above my head and wondering what the...it is
I won’t be sampling the
lounge club car unfortunately. Lowlander leaves too late for that for me. I also don’t want to squeeze all the way along to be turned away because it’s full and I’m not in a double/club room (although being next to the Glasgow portion could I in theory go to that one instead for takeaway? I won’t, but just curious if that’s an option for those at the far end of the Edinburgh).
But so far so good, though, IMO. I’ll report back in the morning...hopefully from Edinburgh (I’m sure you’ll all be on tenterhooks
).
Edit: blimey, the reading light is intense. They could probably see that from the moon if I opened the blind.