It's official: Virgin Trains travel slower than horses, according to their new TV advert. The advert features a chap sitting on a train, which then gets chased by Native Americans on horseback. Perhaps not the most politically correct portrayal of Native Americans, particularly given its bizarre strapline along the lines of "Man on big train um heap big idea". But as long-suffering gf pointed out, it clearly shows that people on horseback can outpace Virgin Trains, which is often my experience too...