Eurostar

We went out and back to Paris on the Eurostar from Waterloo.

Not bad, but the trains are showing their age. The odd lumpy and broken seats, my table didn't work and they really aren't as comfortable as the 225's that pound their way up to Newcastle and Edinburgh.

I don't like to harp on about safety after the accident at Great Heck, where a car drove on the line and hit a high speed train, but although overbridges in the UK are now well protected, I didn't see much evidence of this in France. Fences were looking a bit iffy too!

The Gare du Nord was also chaotic as the trains were full. Now many like us, were travelling on First Leisure tickets which meant you couldn't use the empty First Class Lounge. That probably just shows how the market for Eurostar has been changed by the budget airlines!