The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Travel
FACING FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS – DOES IT MATTER?
QWhen I commuted to and from London with my nose buried in a novel or a laptop, I couldn’t tell you afterwards which way I’d faced. On an inter-city train I always go for a face-to-face table for two in first class – Mrs 61 prefers to face forwards, so of course I take the backwards-facing seat. But if I’m taking photos or video for the website it certainly helps to face forwards, it’s never fun to see those perfect photo opportunities after they’ve already passed…