The Caledonian Sleeper

I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the reclining seats that we had been looking forward to on the Caledonian Sleeper! They were quite spacious but just not enough reclined! I had envisaged lying back almost horizontal, however the seats were not inclined enough to stop your head from falling to the side or forwards if you dozed off! So it was not the most comfortable night's sleep for any of us although I think I managed to get a couple of hours sleep. The train ground to a halt not far north of London; the guard told us that it was engine failure and we were stuck there for almost two hours. Luckily I think there is quite a lot of leeway built into the timings of sleeper trains and we arrived in Central by 8 in the morning which was only about half an hour late. We jumped into a taxi to Cambuslang, then I drove the pupils to their homes, I felt that this was a nice gesture so that their parents didn't have to get up very early two days in a row! I was home by nine, just in nice time to drive Alasdair to the airport for his Magaluf holiday. It was good to get the chance to see him before he left, he is so looking forward to it. I was telling him about my visit to Westminster and found him to be remarkably well informed about it - I wonder if Ally will work in the heart of government one day? When I got home Jack and I retired to bed for a few hours - it was so good to be lying horizontal!