On my recent trip LHR-SIN en route to Sydney the FT Fairy cast her wand and I was the lucky recipient of a J to F upgrade.

Needless to say the flight was superb, with a very good (not excellent, though) crew and it was interesting to compare my last trip in F which was in 2002.

The lack of Krug was of course a great shame, though its replacement was competent. Food was not as good in general, and this being a full flight I noted the crew were struggling to keep my glass recharged with water and wine, one of the perks I think important to a good F experience (on the business in bmi the crew seemed determined to get all the passengers sloshed and made for a very jolly atmosphere on board!).

Did not particularly note that the seats or cabin was shabby - looked in pretty good nick to me. Was not so keen on the REN toiletries in the loo; much preferred the lavender stuff and thought the soap (which had a very small spout and so dribbled down the bottle like snot from a child's nose) particularly unappealing.

The cool electronically translucent window was of course fun to play with as ever. I think I was the only one to request the "extras" for my BAg, as the FA had to open the wrapper on the extras packages and this was right before we landed.

Of note was the mini hail storm which afflicted the F cabin as we descended into SIN.

Hearing a crackle above me, I looked up and saw white specs dropping from the gaps in the plastic ceiling - one landed on my screen and melted to water. It was quite loud tapping on the plastic suspended ceiling, and a few spots of the "hail" were noticeable on the carpet for a few seconds - though no-one else paid much attention to it.

I guess this was something to do with the high humidity and condensation in the floor gaps between the Upper and Lower deck.

Interestingly, my mother was once drenched with water when flying C on Pam Am (then called clipper class) though I recall we were in the second cabin back, though still under the bubble. It was about 10 gallons of condensation water which fell onher during take off - thankfully she was reading the Daily Telegraph at the time which shielded her from most of the deluge.

Has this sort of in plane meterological effect afflicted others?