Major engineering works to the north of Bristol resulted in Virgin CrossCountry services being routed via the Great Western Mainline on Sundays in the late autumn of 1998. On 29 November, 47711 County of Hertfordshire passes Circourt Bridge, Denchworth with the 1E28 08:22 Bristol Temple Meads to York. A little to the east of here at Didcot, Virgin trains were an everyday sight, but that was certainly not the case here.