A trip to the Seaside (part 2)

Yesterday saw the second day of my trip south. Meeting wasn't until 11 so I had a wander around Brighton. A beautiful sunny morning if rather cold, the prom was empty apart from numerous joggers.
The plan for the trip home was the express Victoria service booked for 10WES, yet due to some problems at Clapham Junction all Victoria services were caped. So onto an FCC service, and being honest sitting in the motor coach over one of the power bogies with the window open it was a lot of fun - seriously screechy traction motors.
Then onto the 15:00 Edinburgh fast off the cross. Its another HST diagram which for 393 miles entirely under the wires makes no sense at all. The set is the ex- East Midlands Trains set in their livery. Inside its IC70 seats in red with blue walls! And home....