Yes! We did. Also, we'd know when there were problems or delays. The givaway was that it was a 125mph stretch of track with no stops within 16 miles, so if something rolled past at 20mph, clearly something was wrong. I think the worst we had was because there was a signal right at the bottom of the garden, if there were delays and an HST got stopped there, the "thrumming" idle of the engine would grab our attention, and a quick peek through the curtains would confirm that indeed, there was a stationary train which inevitably meant there was a signal failure, incident, failed train, {insert rail delay here} down the line!
