Rail- bus integration in Cornwall is gather pace. The trains in Cornwall now have announcements stating what bus services connect at the next station ( e.g. at Saltash they mention Callington and Launceston by name,  at Redruth the Helston service, and at St Erth "connections to many places"). There is a very good rail bus interchange at St Austell, at Redruth, St Erth and at Penzance and a fairly good connection at Bodmin Parkway and Truro, so things are going in the right direction.

Further complications if you run your journey options through Tickety Split!

I dont know much about how the S Wales Pullman crews work, but from long years of experience of the Plymouth /Penzance restaurant car service, they only take orders up from Paddington and Reading, have always tried to finish service by Taunton, clear tables by Exeter and have a sit down with all packed up by Taunton. Always Plymouth crews, so thats where they leave. So I cant imagine practice on the Wales services would be much different, hence the early finish.

Its only a 15 minute walk from Pembroke Dock station!

The rails are often left due to the immense political pressure exerted by French local and regional government on SNCF^▸ (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French National Railways).

I thought this was an April Fool but it’s part of an SNCF^▸ (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French National Railways) initiative announced on 22March. So unbelievably perhaps it is true!

Had me worried until I saw the date!

SNCF^▸ (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French National Railways) are proposing an innovative minibus road rail vehicle for little used branch lines.

See the link here
https://www.presse-citron.net/la-sncf-lance-flexy-une-navette-etrange-a-mi-chemin-entre-le-train-et-la-voiture/

I am afraid the Roscoff line is in a terrible state and SNCF^▸ (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French National Railways) seem to be able to semi-close lines like this without much come-back . I haven't seen a train on the line for some time and I suspect its the replacement bus that is going tobe the norm for the forseeable future. Having said that the replacement bus is not too bad!

Being long in the tooth and a regular user of the Okehampton line in the olden days before closure I can say with some certainty that I hardly ever saw anyone get on or off at Yeoford. I would not think a platform there wouldlbe a priority and Crediton is not that far away.

No sign of storms down south. Just went through DDawlish, sea flat as a pancake

It is only an amber warning for Friday, they occur fairly frequently so i would not get too worried. Dawlish only gets badly hit by SE and E winds,  relatively sheltered from the SW.

I have found Ticketysplit website very good. We travelled from Liskeard to Edinburgh last year and the route via Kings Cross with multiple split tickets was way cheaper than XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) via Birmingham.

I cant give the exact numbers but anecdotaly its the main way for Scillies residents to go up to London .

That make a lot of sense, Plymouth lost out when they stopped detaching one of the sleeper coaches there to allow for a civilised getting up time.The problem would then be maintaining he connection with the Scillonian at Penzance.