If I had any reguular readers, they'd know that I spend ather too much time talking about trains. But since I have no car, trains can sometimes loom large in my life.

Take yesterday, when I took the Eurostar back from the UK to Paris.

It's fab.

But just to redress the balance, I feel I should give a special mention to Avis, who provided me with a Vauxhall Vectra SRi instead of the Vauxhall Corsa I'd paid for. It was fast. Very fast.