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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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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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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
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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)
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"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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"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)
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"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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"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
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"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)
over a year ago
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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 (user no longer on site)
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"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 *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
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"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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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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
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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 *GHertsCouple
over a year ago
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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"!! 
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"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 (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"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
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"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
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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 (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"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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