"I've discovered on this journey that my love affair with railways never did end. And I don't suppose it ever will."

"When the BBC asked if I wanted to go round the world, all expenses paid, there seemed only one answer."

"Getting to know the Poles was to involve some of the hairiest moments of my traveling live... We were away from home for almost five months, and when we returned I was adamant that this was the last travel documentary I was ever going to do."