Just starting on BBC2 now.
Could be worth a watch for those who like the ex Tory tosspot choo choo lad.
Could be worth a watch for those who like the ex Tory tosspot choo choo lad.
Great Indian Railway Journeys with Michael Portillo
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Got it recording. The BBC are doing things a bit oddly. Started a 6 episode series of Great Continental Railway Journeys 2 weeks back on a Thursday but have stopped that after 2 weeks for the Indian series instead.
The temple looks amazing, could definitely fancy visiting that
Discopants91
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Think I'll hang on for the box set.
Paddy O'Dors
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Hoping to do a few Sri Lankan train journeys later this year like.
Thackeray
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It's tricky because we're working around school holidays and our summer is technically the worst time to go because of the monsoon, so was planning far south. But far north like Amritsar then onto lower Himalayas is also an option.
We went 3rd class from Kandy to Ella through the tea plantation hillsides last year. It was ace.
I was bricking it when they said they only had 3rd class, imagining being crammed to the hilt, with a chicken up my nose but it was reserved seating, a half empty carriage and really friendly. You'll love it.
He does. I want to not like him cos he used to be a real twat back in the day, but he's just reinvented himself doing these programmes.
Paddy O'Dors
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Colombo - Galle - Colombo - Kandy - Colombo is the plan. If I sack the cricket off for a day might do Ella.
Thackeray
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Anar, feel bad for laughing my back off when he lost his seat now.
I have to admit to having a soft spot for him I really never thought I'd have.
heroesof73
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aye the only Tory he displays is his dress sense
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bmp1970
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Read this as Indian Takeaway journeys. Hope this is the follow up.
Paddy O'Dors
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I cringe when he tries to do a local dance/sport/pastime. The blokes got about as much elegance as me after 12 pints.
The commuter trains around Colombo looked like another story mind. Classic folks hanging out the doors type stuff
Galle is good, climb up the fort walls and you're looking right out across the cricket pitch. I loved Kandy. We saw whatever they call the parade with the elephants going along the road by the side of the lake. i wasn't sure whether I'd like it out there, but I'd go back at the drop of a hat. Only place I didn't really like was Negombo, syringes and all kinds of shit on the beach and plagued by hawkers trying to flog you stuff. A bit too touristy for my tastes.
dangermows
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The trip from Kandy to Ella takes some beating.
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