Contrary to our beliefs that we would never again be able to take four bikes from Salisbury to Scotland, we were happy to find that British Rail had relaxed some rules and trains from Salisbury to Bristol and Southampton could carry four bikes; but only four so if there was a bike aboard already you were unlucky. The rules are now so complicated that hardly anyone understands them, for instance the notice on Salisbury station that several cycles can be carried on certain services has not penetrated to the booking office clerk, and it took 45 minutes to convince him that ‘several’ means more than two.