The driver of our tour bus, Shane, met Michael Portillo last year by chance. Which I presume means there's a 'Great New Zealand Railway Journeys' TV series in the offing.

#tv #train #trains #NewZealand

@timrichards You can keep Tories over there. An Irish derived word that they took as their own
@timrichards Are you on a Contiki tour?
@jillL God no! Much older demographic. This is our tour: https://www.siredmundhillaryexplorer.com
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@timrichards Ha ha, I thought was a bit odd. 😉
@timrichards There is. He mentioned it in a recent podcast interview I happened across.
@danielbowen Nice. On searching online I also noticed a few mentions by other Kiwis who'd spotted him on location.