Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

Was surprised to spot a reference to Hayle while watching Michael Portillo's latest railway jaunt - stopping at Didcot

TRAVEL: Great British Railway Journeys
On: BBC 2 South West (2)   
Date: Monday 9th January 2012 (Already shown)
Time: 18:30 to 19:00 (30 minutes long)     VideoPlus: 593

Windsor to Didcot. Series 3, episode 6.
Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. Following in the footsteps of Queen Victoria, Michael uses the railways she often rode from Windsor Castle to her country getaway on the Isle of Wight from which his journey continues west, to Portland. Michael visits a station fit for royalty in Windsor, views an engineering triumph built by Brunel to span the Thames at Maidenhead, and tries his hand at collecting the mail 'Victorian style' on a steam powered travelling post office.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 3 Star)

Starring: Michael Portillo

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Great Western Railway diagram AA15 'Toad' brake van at Didcot Railway Centre, England. the branding Hayle R.U. indicates that it was allocated to Hayle in Cornwall and was only allowed restricted use, probably as a second brake van on the steeply graded branch line down to the harbour there.