A walk along the Bude to Halwill Junction branch line to explore the history of the route. The stations featured are private houses and were filmed with permission.
In 1961 i came to Cornwall on holiday with my parents...i was only 10.... wr stayed in a bed and breakfast house near Dunstone station...in the evening we walked along the road near the single track railway line...a light engine came along and the driver anf fireman both saw us and waved out of the engine... i think it was a T9 Southern engine....im 73 now.....
Excellent video, only one glaring error. The Derriton viaduct at Holsworthy was not constructed of shuttered concrete but almost uniquely of on site cast concrete blocks. It was felt at the time that a large pour of concrete could have resulted in areas of off ratio and hence sub-standard curing which would have been catastrophic to the serviceability of the viaduct. We have many actual construction images and published articles in Holsworthy Museum which evidence this building method. I believe that only one other viaduct was thus constructed in the UK and its appearance today resembles a bridge built with stone blocks. Closer examination reveals said blocks are indeed individual concrete castings. Peter Drinkwater, volunteer Holsworthy Museum.
