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A nice ride round that, the variety on the Eastern is much missed these days for me. Its alright scoring winning 720s but it does get a bit boring after a while!
You certainly can, you can either do this by ringing Caldedonian Sleeper customer services (usually very helpful) or your local booking office can book a berth. Note you can't book any seats just berths.
its not just a Summer issue, trains are full and standing pretty much every Monday, Friday, Saturday throughout the year. There is only 2 weeks where Butlins is shut now. Off peak travel is booming along the route compared to pre covid as per much of the rest of the network.