They are not for anyone who intends to get too hot in, say, a local discotheque or packed bar.

It's all terribly civilised, with a long, packed bar, comfy sofas and ironic 1980s pop-funk on the sound system.

An eight-piece jazz band are playing, and the brass section - a four-man musical snake - meander through the packed bar, liberating us with elemental rhythms.

More packed bars await at the end of the run and lead on to, yes, more bars in the village.

But how many of us are brave enough to go up and introduce ourselves on a packed bus?

Police intervened in a row on one packed bus when the driver refused to move until some passengers got off.

On a packed bus almost everyone says 'excuse me' when they try to get off.

The fresh air of the northern mountains lessens the heat of the packed bus.

Most trains on the skeleton service provided were crammed, forcing desperate commuters onto packed buses on gridlocked streets.

It was attended by 500 people, with 200 turned away from the packed church hall.

Later that day, we visited the monastery, bells were ringing and hymns were being sung in a packed church.

Many who packed church congregations or paid their respects at local war memorials were young.

She was overwhelmed on entering the packed church, but regained her composure as friends gave readings.

Sadly for the packed gallery, only two more follow.

Swap the slow shuffle of an impossibly packed gallery for the solitary contemplation of a fireside seat and leaf back through the catalogues that recall this year's finest exhibitions.

And the roar that erupted from the packed galleries told everyone on the course that the first eagle had landed.

There were big groans from the packed galleries and a look of disbelief from the tournament leader.

She arrived in a paparazzi flash, looking great in a flippy hairdo, her giant liquid eyes taking in the packed room.

I'd heard of people experiencing a nightmare where they had been sitting in a packed room of angry people, everyone hurling insults at them.

Although, admittedly, the latter now have to grudgingly share the long, narrow and invariably packed room with camera-happy tourists.

And on and on he went, shouting his threats to the packed room of journalists as if what he was saying was in any way normal or acceptable behaviour.

The hearing lasted until midnight in a packed room; a large crowd of locals attended the session.

Fireworks, cheerleaders and low ticket prices all added up to a packed stadium and great atmosphere.

But it was the manner of it which yet again stunned those in the packed stadium with disbelief.

But practising with the pressure of a packed stadium could improve their abysmal record.

I'd hope for a packed stadium and an intimidating atmosphere.

The game lost none of its intensity after the break as the noise level in the packed stadium reflected.

The pair drove off 30 minutes later with a packed suitcase.

During evictions, he dressed up in a tweed jacket and cap and held his packed suitcase, hoping to be voted out.

In their phrase of the time, they lived life with packed suitcases.

Playing to a packed theatre, she looked offstage and saw an actor exposing himself to her.

The fourth row of the packed theatre was filled with members of my family.

Fast-forward two years, and the couple were appearing on stage in front of packed theatres.

He informed travellers on the packed train he was just driving in to check.

Not really sorry; more the 'sorry' you say after accidentally treading on someone's foot in a packed train.

The moaners are the same ones who complain when there's standing room only on a packed train, or ticket prices soar through the roof.

The motor, he said, could generate enough power to pull a packed train for hundreds of miles fuelled by just a couple of pints of water.

It catches you as you are on a packed train or procrastinating at the office.

Tightly packed bulbs give diminishing returns because they compete for nutrients and water.

The prisoners, so tightly packed that they could only stand, were battened below hatches.

The engineers will often wet the surface and then allow it to refreeze, creating a tightly packed, fast course.

Everything was in, tightly packed against my flesh.

Reports talked of columns up to three miles wide, the birds tightly packed, flying overhead for hours at a time.