Great Train Journeys

[El Gordo]

I might be biased, but may I warmly commend Michael Portillo's look at Switzerland in Great Continental Railway Journeys? Broadcast last week but still available on iPlayer: Great Continental Railway Journeys - Switzerland.

iPlayer is geo-blocked and can't be used outside the UK. You'll have to pirate us a copy EG!

Yes it is, so I -- er, sorry, I mean some people -- have to use an IP masking thingie to use iPlayer or Netflix. I am told that StrongVPN works rather well, though there are free alternatives out there, if one can tolerate the ads.

I've been looking for a domain-blocker for some time in order to listen to (especially) test cricket around the planet, but have had no luck with them ... painfully slow and/or full of mega-annoying advertising, as you say. If anyone knows of a good one, speak now!

And fabbo - Mrs MLCMM and I will watch the YouTube copy of it tonight, before it gets taken down. Thanks EG!

This is the free one I used to use -- ExpatShield. It worked well, though I had a bit of virus and pop-up trouble that I suspected (perhaps wrongly) was linked to this. Fair to say that others have not complained of that issue. I think it's aimed at getting a UK IP.

The one that many expats in Switzerland use is StrongVPN which allows you to specify which location you want to 'be in', as it were. Costs about 50 USD a year I believe, but is extremely robust.