I understand why SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) are running buses from Salisbury to Andover, but why are they running through trains from Andover to Waterloo like they normally do?  Passengers from places like Honiton and Axminster, usually with through trains, now have
* Train to Salisbury
* Bus to Andover
* Train to Basingstoke
* Train to Waterloo
which strikes me as one change more than is necessary ...

Tesco own Booker so possibly them.

Will say, from what I’m hearing from friends and family, GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) have put some work into sourcing replacement road transport.
A friend was at Plymouth station at 0515 this morning and was boarding a Pewsey Vale coach!  That’s a journey down from their coach depot of around 150 miles.

I'd presume the cost of repair will ultimately be borne by Tesco's fleet insurer.

Oh gosh yes. If it had happened a year ago the dates would be correct. Can only think someone had last years calendar on their desk 

Pay the whole cost in my view, not just a contribution. The cost of this would concentrate their minds a bit on the importance of  employing only drivers who can read, understand, and act upon height restriction signs.

I remain of the opinion that penalties for this type of incompetent driving should be far more severe.

The driver of the truck should lose their licence for some years, except in the rather unlikely case of some exceptional extenuating circumstance.

The operator, or more realistically their insurers, should be liable for the full costs of delay minutes, compensation to passengers, surveyors fees, bridge repairs and other costs.
A few large payouts would concentrate the mind.

I'm wondering what happens with the Plymouth suburban stations, that the train would have called at?
The timings must be interesting (and presumably fairly longer than by train), Bere Ferrers to Plymouth is fairly circuitous in order to get over the River Tavy, likewise Calstock to Plymouth is fairly circuitous in order to get over the Tamar. I imagine you would need to bear that in mind especially if connecting into other services.

BTW^▸ (by the way) re Boardmasters, the 10.32 Newquay to Paddington and 12.31 Newquay to Paddington were both 9 car IETs^▸ (Intercity Express Train) on Monday and apparently very well filled! I don't know about the 08.37, 14.19 or 16.20 NQY^▸ (Newquay (Station)) - PADs^» (Paddington (London) - next trains).

The route will be interesting, I wonder if it's an amphibious bus?!

Btw for those interested, the Cornwall Railway Society website is reporting that the 06.20 Plymouth - Penzance and 09.25 Penzance - Edinburgh has been a Cross Country HST^▸ (High Speed Train) all week instead of the usual Voyager.

As the late Eric Morecambe would have said "it's the way you tell them"

This must take a prize for failing to communicate clearly. It starts by saying that they are trying to serve two popular events and then seems to largely be a list of cancellations!

How many would get no further than , assuming that the line has been closed, and you cannot get to Newquay by train?

Then there's  . Extra above what? You have just told the confused punters that there are no trains between Par and Newquay. Presumably what they mean to say is that trains will be running all the way from Plymouth to Newquay instead of just starting at Par. For heaven's sake say so, and why not give the departure times as well. It looks like a classic case of railway industry mentality "ooh, no Newquay branch trains today" was clearly at the front of the mind of the person who put this together without giving a moment's thought to how what they had just written looks to the uninitiated in the context of a revised service. 

And presumably those trains will go back from Newquay to Plymouth? It's not clear, and not something either the infrequent or  experienced traveller could be confident about.

Then there's the confusing list of alterations between Penzance and Plymouth. Surely a simple statement that a number of through services to and from Penzance will be replaced by services between London and Plymouth and between Plymouth and Penzance might give some re-assurance to passengers that this is not a butchery of the time table.

And why are random announcements about a Paignton train and buses replacing trains to Gunnislake buried in the middle of these Boardmaster and Falmouth related changes? 

I wrote some more to the above, but obviously I’m on a short platform and not all of my words could be accommodated!! (With apologies to another member for borrowing his words!).

Anyway, related to this….

From 26 June 2021, the line beyond MP245m 18ch has been permanently closed.  This location is beyond the Laira Depot servicing platform, and means the whole Friary and Cattewater lines are OOU^▸ (out of use).  As EUropean Metal Recycling scrap yard no longer ship by rail there's no use for the line.
Plymouth City Council want to remove the low bridge over Embankment Road, and this will facilitate this.  I didn't realise but this bridge is too low for any tall HGV hence the big Royal Mail vehicles for the Sorting Office (for example) all have to go round through Manadon/Mutley/City Centre.
No doubt NR^» (Network Rail - home page) will be quick to sell off the remaining Friary site (not more student flats??!!).

Doesn’t affect any passenger services, but thought of general interest.

The 2C07 is booked a Castle       Go to RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) and have a look which trains show a Timing Load of 100 mph and these are 158s. The Castles are shown as such at 110 mph are the IERs at 125 mph..  The Timing loads in these instances correspond with the type of traction.