For once I am going to say something good about poor beleaguered Virgin Voyager Services. It left on time, the air conditioning worked, the staff were friendly, it arrived at every station on time and arriving at Reading 2 minutes early. Thank goodness the air conditioning was working, when I alighted at Reading, the smell and the heat reminded me of leaving the airconditioned safety of Bangkok airport for the first time – hard to describe unless you’ve been to that climate – but it has been very hot today and that sort of humid smell is definitely prevelant!