Now it was well worth paying £18 to move into the restaurant car for brunch as once again the ticket reservations (this time it was Wakefield's Mr Happy that did it) gave us two backwards facing seats instead of the requested window seats.
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I think the couple opposite were glad to see us called forward by the stewards until the bloke and his two kids took up residence.
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Still in the restaurant car we numbered 4 persons until Reading when we claimed another two diners.