Morning all. New arrival here. 1C99 down sleepers 21/08/2014 left Paddington late for Thursday (well into the small hours of Friday) despite boarding on time.  As I was asleep until we jerked into motion I don't know what time we actually left. Judging by the piles of bedding in the lounge car there seemed to be a problem in one of the sleepers.

Anyone know what time the train actually departed and why it was delayed?

Running was very fast, rough at times, and with the usual hour at Exeter apparently cut to a couple of minutes. Right time was not regained until Hayle by my reckoning.

On the positive side 57605 achieved an end-to-end run and also returned me perfectly punctually on 1A40 Friday night 29th