All I got was the drumming of the rain, and the odd splash of traffic.

White lanterns hang from the ceiling and the staff match nicely in all-white outfits with the odd splash of print.

Orange and bright yellow, which would look very harsh with pink, is limited to the odd splash.

Some few crewmen wore sashes of some silver or gold material around their waists, an odd and barbaric splash of brilliance against the darkness.

The rooms can't compete with those of the Palazzo Seneca, but they are trim and comfortable, with terracotta floors, period wooden furniture and rich gold bedcovers to provide the odd splash of colour and opulence.

Their spidery, many-armed 'bots hit gingerly in the microgravity, sinking anchor lines through the odd green-brown splashes that covered about half the ground.

Except for an odd splash of some dark fluid on one of the white-papered walls, the whole place appeared neat, cheerful and ordinary.

P Map With its Zen interior - natural hues broken with the odd splash of lime-green neon - this Japanese restaurant is a sleek crowd-pleaser.

Unfortunately the village stores didn't run to non-drip, so I hope you won't mind the odd splash here and there.

(The same substitute can be found at "The Weir," alongside the odd splash of Coors Light.)