Aha, that's what I was hoping for - thank you, LiskeardRich.

Can we all agree that it would be helpful if these signs had to also gave the height in metres? Which units are used on the in-cab signs other posters have mentioned?

Well did she, thought? I can see the 12 shilling sign at the bridge - prominently displayed behind the branch of a tree - but I couldn't see any others when I googled up and down the lane...

BNM's given us a Cure fan's view. Here's the view of an approaching vehicle: https://goo.gl/maps/3CH1H2FNvgA2

Once again the height plate gives the headroom in some sort of mediaeval unit with which I am unfamiliar, but at a guess it's around 4m. Googling up and down the road, I can't find any advance warning beyond a 7.5t weight limit which doesn't suggest a height restriction; maybe someone more familiar with the area can set me straight on that. The overhanging vegetation puts the tin hat on it - I think the driver may have been bowled a googly here!

I suspect that GWR might be on somewhat dodgy ground there

I was glad to not that the supposedly very Bristolian* habit of thanking the driver when you get off is still alive and well.

*But definitely observed elsewhere too.

With all these starts and finishes at Reading - something to do with the lack of a 2nd main line locomotive at Reading.  No longer the option of using a class 08 to get the empty train into / out of Paddington?

Left Paddington 191 minute late.

Scheduled arrival at Penzance 08:59 (public timetable), 08:55 Working Timetable.
Journey Check suggest arrival will be at 11:59
Real Time Trains suggests arrival will be at 08:54

No, the driver of that service should have definitely stopped at that Redland rail replacement bus stop at that time.  That day, the 0900 service(calling at all stations) to Temple Meads didn't turn up.  Then after that there was supposed to be another service at 0945(calling at all stations), and the next service after that not till 1045(again an all stations service).  The 0945 service came round the corner from Redland Grove into South Road at about 0948.  I put my hand out, and the driver just shook his head and failed to stop!  And continued on down to Montpelier.   For the services, that run non-stop between Clifton Down and Bristol Temple Meads, they wouldn't run via(but not stopping at) Redland and Montpelier.  Anyway, I complained about that particular driver 10 days now.  I'm expecting to get a reply from GWR within the next 4 days.  Let's see what they have to say about it....

On a positive note. My experience of using the services on Friday was positive.  The 0800 from Redland to Bristol Temple Meads turned up just a minute or so late, which is nothing to complain about.  And the 1729 from Stapleton Road to Clifton Down turned up only about 7 minutes late, which isn't too bad. 

But not only were some of the drivers going the wrong way, one of them(at least anyway) when a person was waiting at the correct rail replacement bus stop and put their hand out to stop the bus - just shook his head at them and failed to stop!  Absolutely appalling and unacceptable. This should NOT be happening!  I'm still awaiting my reply from GWR in reply to my complain about that particular lousy driver!

All the drivers should have been trained more intensively in my opinion.  The correct routes to take AND the correct bus stops to stop at.

I suppose the date they are all converted is dependent on when the last few HSTs are displaced by IETs?  Have Scotrail got all their ex-GWR HSTs now?

Something I was wondering about these cut-down sets - do they have the engines in both power cars operational?  4500 hp for a 2+4 train seems rather generous, but there's not enough weight in a power car to give decent acceleration if only one is producing power.

There are going to be eleven as I recall.  First one in service, second one arrives this month and will be on staff training runs up as far as Cardiff, others arriving by (?) May next year.