Late leaving Heathrow owing to electrical fault. The engineers eventually resorted to the time-honoured tactic of turning the plane off, and switching it back on again. This worked a treat and we took off a mere two hours late

We’re travelling Premium Economy, which seems quite nice. For example when the meal comes round you get a tiny tablecloth, and coffee from an actual cafetiere. We considered flying business class, but it would have added £4000 to the cost, a ridiculous percentage of the whole price. As it happens we will be airborne for around 40 hours over the whole trip, so the maths is quite easy; five hours into the flight I am happily thinking what to do with the £500 I just saved.

Arrived Singapore, airport transfer worked perfectly, hotel very posh, Singapore appears a fine, clean city. Shower first, then explore - more later