Danke!
Thank you for your reply WAWN (presumably a VIR chap (or indeed chapess...))
I was hoping for the odd serious reply and it's a 100% record so far!
On a slight tangent I know the old Fam flight's are starting to come back, although not, to my knowledge, on long haul A340, but this would be a typical case where so much could be learnt on both sides. Economics aside, we'd both benefit I'm sure.
You are absolutely correct that by flying at V2+10 you aren't contravening any rules, and I didn't mean to imply that you were - it's just a little different from 'the norm'.
In an effort to reinforce, I have taken to saying 'high speed is approved' rather than no speed restriction to Sri Lankan's in particular as they seem to actually slow down if you say 'no speed'.
To further my theme of improved understanding (surely a good thing), on the MID departure the 3000' restriction is to actually keep you inside controlled airspace, the 4000' restirctions provides procedural (1000') separation from Gatwick SAM and KENET departures (not forgetting the Non-Standard Wodley's for any Chanex bods!) and finally the 6000' separates from KK inbounds downwind.
Just out of interested what kind of N1 figure do you use in the climb?