Today started quite early, about 5am, when I gave up trying to sleep in my pod, which had transformed overnight from cute, cosy and futuristic to an annoyingly purple hot airless shoebox. I packed up and fled, trying to find cool fresh air outside, failing even at 6.30am and instead checked in and went to get breakfast - toast and apple juice in Giraffe as I generally do if I'm at Gatwick fairly early. It was ridiculously early to go through to departures so I ...