Michael Portillo serves pilgrim lunch

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Trevhock

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• Apr 24, 2014

• #1

The gratis pilgrim lunch at the parador Hostal dos Reis Catolicos was awkwardly and uncomfortably served by Michael Portillo today. By the time filming had stopped, the normal convivial atmosphere in the dining room had changed, we all felt a bit used. First Simon Reeve sitting in a train saying 'this is the way to travel' and now Portillo and his railway jaunts, stumbling in. The pilgrim dining room is a sort of inner sanctum for me, one of the few places only pilgrims can meet.

 

WycombeMan

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• Apr 24, 2014

• #2

Trevhock said:

The gratis pilgrim lunch at the parador Hostal dos Reis Catolicos was awkwardly and uncomfortably served by Michael Portillo today. By the time filming had stopped, the normal convivial atmosphere in the dining room had changed, we all felt a bit used. First Simon Reeve sitting in a train saying 'this is the way to travel' and now Portillo and his railway jaunts, stumbling in. The pilgrim dining room is a sort of inner sanctum for me, one of the few places only pilgrims can meet.

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Oh I enjoy his railway series I will have to look out for this episode, I can think of worse people to have lunch with I guess, he was my MP for many years and met him many many times and he was always a well informed and capable man and solved several of our issues locally, but I think I would have grumbled a bit if he talked through dessert as its the part of the meal which needs silence in order to appreciate the sugary goodness.

 

nreyn12

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• Apr 26, 2014

• #3

Who is Michael Portillo?

 

Sheffield James

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• Apr 26, 2014

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Michael Portillo used to be a Minister in a Conservative Government in the UK in the 80s/90s. He now appears on TV as a political commentator and as a broadcaster on great railway journeys. He is half British, half Spanish - I think.

 

oursonpolaire

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• Apr 26, 2014

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He was for a while considered to be Maggie Thatcher's natural successor. I saw one of his train documentaries where he conversed with relations who had been on the republican side in the civil war.

 

William Marques

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• Apr 30, 2014

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nreyn12 said:

Who is Michael Portillo?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Portillo