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.