back—during June, and our experience was quite different from his.
Our cabin. was on 'A' Deck, an outside one on the outward journey, and an inside one on the homeward. Footsteps overhead ceased as soon as we were clear of the dock. and although we were close to the entrance foyei -if that's the correct seagoing term—there was little to be heatd from there, although the boat was pretty full.
As for the arrival at the Hook, we slipped in so quietly that we were alongside almost before I was properly awake--and I'm a lightish sleeper.
Mr. Ray says he takes no pleasure in 'knocking British services,' but is he being quite fair to British Railways? Is it not a question of 'give a dog a bad name'? Admittedly the food and service used to be pretty bad, but if breakfast on the boat train from Harwich is anything to go by, things have improved considerably lately and the staff were brisk and courteous—more than could be said for those on the `Rhinegold' from Cologne to the Hook.—Yours faithfully,
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