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Michael portillo railway journeys

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Are you also watching his series on bbc2? It is interesting and he is following a victorian guidebook written by george bradshaw, as he describes how the various destinations have changed since victorian times and did you know communism was born in a pub in manchester?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He comes over as an affable bloke.....

I quite like him...

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I love these programmes

I bought jay a book of his journeya in the uk where supposed to be doing some. Did one of his journeys in scotland cant remember the name but we had to go up high to get the train

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I find his travel shows very informative. Watch his train journeys through Europe and America. The chap has an endearing personality and his enthusiasm addictive to his story telling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I find his travel shows very informative. Watch his train journeys through Europe and America. The chap has an endearing personality and his enthusiasm addictive to his story telling. "

I doubt that Maggie found him endearing.

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire


"I love these programmes

I bought jay a book of his journeya in the uk where supposed to be doing some. Did one of his journeys in scotland cant remember the name but we had to go up high to get the train"

One was in my dad's village, on the whisky trail, Dufftown. Sadly it is a tourist attraction and only open in the summer rattling between there and a town 10 miles away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love these programmes

I bought jay a book of his journeya in the uk where supposed to be doing some. Did one of his journeys in scotland cant remember the name but we had to go up high to get the train

One was in my dad's village, on the whisky trail, Dufftown. Sadly it is a tourist attraction and only open in the summer rattling between there and a town 10 miles away "

I've been too Dufftown...,,

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I cant remember which one as it was a railway holiday but not all the micheal portello ones.

Would it be the kyle of lochish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


" did you know communism was born in a pub in manchester? "
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Blimey there on to me...scarper quick

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Dingwell to the kyle of lochleish is the one we did

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I like him more as a presenter than I did a politician.

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire


"One was in my dad's village, on the whisky trail, Dufftown. Sadly it is a tourist attraction and only open in the summer rattling between there and a town 10 miles away

I've been too Dufftown...,, "

Yayyyyyyy it's a beautiful village. Almost all my dad's family live there

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I love these programmes

I bought jay a book of his journeya in the uk where supposed to be doing some. Did one of his journeys in scotland cant remember the name but we had to go up high to get the train"
Same here. I like these kinds of programs as well, fun as well.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


" did you know communism was born in a pub in manchester? .

Blimey there on to me...scarper quick

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lol good one.

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

I love it and try to catch up on I player

Really informative

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do love his programme. He is a great presenter and as I am train enthusiast anyway it is great watching!

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

I am a not so secret train nerd so I love it

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By *an_WoodMan
over a year ago

Stafford

Enjoyed the European ones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stylish older gent, my role model...he carries it off very well, unlike Paul Merton in his flat cap.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I quite like him and the programme

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fantastic scenery in some of his programmes Brings a certain type of shiver thinking of your youth and being on steam train's and I love to visit old stations to get the ambiance of times past

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By *mojeeCouple
over a year ago

Dunfermline

He actually got on my train just over a year ago filming from dunfermline

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fantastic scenery in some of his programmes Brings a certain type of shiver thinking of your youth and being on steam train's and I love to visit old stations to get the ambiance of times past "
yea, i like the smell of oil too, And feel the heat off the boilers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I find it very relaxing being on a train, unless it's packed, I'd love to spend a couple of days and nights on a sleeper train, going through Europe

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest


"He actually got on my train just over a year ago filming from dunfermline "

I saw him filming by Lake Geneva the other week.

Shocking yellow jacket and red trousers

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By *mojeeCouple
over a year ago

Dunfermline

I'm surprised he wasn't in either pink trousers or jacket lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Use to watch this a few years back, glad he was responsible for keeping/advising Thatcher to save Carlise to Settle branchline. Spent six glorious sunny weeks painting the stations, dent, ribblehead, and settle. Even better, was I had drive through to them, always planned my routes, different every wonderful day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched the series he did in the US which I really enjoyed although the scene of him running up the steps in Philadephia to the Rocky theme was a bit of a stretch.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Thanks shag, got myself a holiday because of this thread

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Thanks shag, got myself a holiday because of this thread "
Yes yw there, nice one and have a good time on your holiday x

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"Thanks shag, got myself a holiday because of this thread Yes yw there, nice one and have a good time on your holiday x"
nothing booked just know its going to be a railway jourmey one

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

Must confess to this programme having completely changed my perception of a man I had previously thought of as an odious Tory from his days in parliament, but think he makes a great (if a little twee) presenter who gets the information across in an affable way. Through watching this and looking a little more at his life, it's also come to light he's rejected his Tory boy past completely and done a complete u-turn in his views (not that that has anything to do with his ability to present the programme!).

Favourite game in our household is "Guess which jacket Michael is going to be wearing today"!!

Mr G

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Thanks shag, got myself a holiday because of this thread Yes yw there, nice one and have a good time on your holiday xnothing booked just know its going to be a railway jourmey one"
I see and that is good, yeah a railway journey is nice and lots of nice scenery to see x.

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By *essiCouple
over a year ago

suffolk


"I like him more as a presenter than I did a politician. "

This...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I travelled from Berlin to Prague by train

In a compartment.

Just me and the OH.

It was bliss

Pendolino travel however ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great tv..... not a tranny although he walks funny

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I like how he dresses and the combinations he uses with the colours.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Now on bbc2, great continental railway journeys begins.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Oh shag the one we are going on is called little railwaya of wales and we travel through north wales ans part of it is on a steam train. Think its 11th of july we are going. Cant wait

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Oh shag the one we are going on is called little railwaya of wales and we travel through north wales ans part of it is on a steam train. Think its 11th of july we are going. Cant wait"
That is good and sounds like a nice journey as well with nice scenery with the steam train, have a good time in wales x.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"I find it very relaxing being on a train, unless it's packed, I'd love to spend a couple of days and nights on a sleeper train, going through Europe "

there is a orient express trip they do once a year from paris thru to istanbul that is on my "when i win the lottery" list of things to do...

5 days/4 nights.... 6000 pounds ish....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Unfortunately the reality of rail travel for most of us is crushed up between someone's halitosis/mixamatosis and the highly audible tschh of a "personal" stereo on a stop-start journey to work. Never seem Portillo on what is an average train journey for most of us.

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By *carlet_heavenWoman
over a year ago

somewhere in the sticks

OP..you seem to have such a wide range of interests…are you really just one person??

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"OP..you seem to have such a wide range of interests…are you really just one person?? "
That is a good one and yes I am one person lol. I like all sorts of things you know

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By *hangovCouple
over a year ago

sheffield

We sometimes play a drinking game where we drink every time he says "Bradshaw", if we reaaly want a drink we have one when he says "Victorians" too

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By *hangovCouple
over a year ago

sheffield

reaaly = really!

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By *ixson-BallsMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

watching this programme, the scenery and information is making me consider a fortnights train travel around europe this summer

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