Encounters: Owning Up

'Cheers' said Hugh, raising his glass. 'Or should that still be Sant at this point?' Everyone on the Paris to London train felt obliged to mark the moment that it entered the tunnel. In time, I suppose, people will become blas about it. But for now travelling under the Channel remains a wonder, even for frequent travellers. Looking out of the window, I pondered the cause of this wonderment. The trains and the control systems might use some of the world's most advanced technologies but civil