UK 25 January till 3 February 2013

26 January 2013

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White City Bus Station

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White City Bus Station
207 to Southall – 260 to Cricklewood – 607 to Uxbridge
I took the 607 to get back to Hayes

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Soutall Station – Ji áiá nun
Bus 607 to Ealing Broadway, change to First Great Western train

27 January 2013

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Harrow-on-the-Hill – Metropolitan line

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Harrow-on-the-Hill – Metropolitan line
New rolling stock

To see more UK Trains, Underground and Buses pictures :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12445197@N05/sets/72157611244941713/

More UK pictures to follow
Harjinder Singh
Man in Blue

Visit to the UK : Bristol & Gloucester 27/09 till 02/10 2012

01 October 2012 Gloucester Docks

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Modern shop, old building

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Bells !

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Javinder Singh took a picture of Harjinder Singh taking a picture

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Gloucester, First Great Western station

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Gloucester, First Great Western station

To see more UK general pictures :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12445197@N05/sets/72157627296796095/

To see more UK Trains, Underground and Buses pictures :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12445197@N05/sets/72157611244941713/

More Bristol & Gloucester pictures to follow
Harjinder Singh
Man in Blue

Visit to the UK : Bristol & Gloucester 27/09 till 02/10 2012

Sint-Truiden – Brussel Zuid – St Pancras – Baker Street – Paddington – Bristol Parkway
27 September 2012

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Baker Street – Metropolitan Line
New rolling stock

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Baker Street – Metropolitan Line
New rolling stock

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Bakerstreet – Bakerloo & Jubilee lines
Down the stairs for the Bakerloo to Paddington

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Paddington Station
Crossrail is hiding behind this door !

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Paddington – Heathrow Express and First Great Western

To see more UK Trains, Underground and Buses pictures :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12445197@N05/sets/72157611244941713/

More London and Bristol pictures to follow
Harjinder Singh
Man in Blue

 

Sint-Truiden – Brussel – Bristol vv 19/04 – 25/04 2012

On the 19th of April I went to Vilvoorde with giani Manjit Singh (Italy wala) and on the 20th I travelled from Vilvoorde to Bristol via Brussel and  London. I returned from Bristol to Sint-Truiden on the 25th of April.

20 April, Brussel Zuid, Eurostar departure hall

20 April, Saint Pancras, Olympic Rings
Not only were we checked by UK immigration in Brussel, but French border police did a ticket and passport check between Lille and the tunnel entry and another ticket and passport check was done at St Pancras. Olympic fervor ….

Paddington station, First Great Western to Swansea

15.45 to Swansea via Reading, Swindon and Bristol Parkway
Eurostar left and arrived on time, First Great Western left and arrived on time

To see more UK public transport pictures :

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More UK pictures to follow
Harjinder Singh
Man in Blue

November visit to UK 14/11 till 21/11; many pictures of trains !

17/11 – New entrance on north side of Hayes and Harlington station
Hayes and Harlington is served by 3 First Great Western local trains and by two Heathrow Connect trains. Southall which is at least as busy as Hayes only sees four trains per hour at irregular intervals.

17/11 – Hayes and Harlington station, new ticket office and waiting room. 

Highbury & Islington Overground station
I got here from Hayes via Paddington and King’s Cross

 Highbury & Islington Overground station
The station also has four underground platforms, two for the Victoria Line and two for Capital Connect trains to/from Moorgate

To see more UK public transport pictures go to :

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More UK pictures to follow
Harjinder Singh
Man in Blue

In the UK 20 November and back to Belgium 21 November 2011

20 November 2011, Shepherd’s Bush Gurdwara
Khalsa Jatha UK

On Sunday 20 November I got up at 5.30 am, did ishnan and path and then went with Jaswinder Kaur to the Southall Park Avenue Singh Sabha to listen to Asa di Var. It was quite foggy, and the it remained foggy all day.

After the Asa di Var I went to the langar and found my good friend Joseph there. I had cha and nasta and we talked to each other. I went back home with Jaswinder Kaur, worked on emails and blog and at about 11 am went to catch the 140 bus to Northolt and the 282 from there to Northwood Iron Bridge, to join John and Morfud Wise and Bharti Tailor for (vegetarian) Sunday lunch.

It was not till 4 pm that we got up from the table, having had nice food and good conversations.

I took the Metropolitan line to Moorgate, hoping to see one of the new trains that are being introduced on this service. I did see two but did not get a chance to take a decent picture of them.

After Moorgate I made my way to Shepherd’s Bush Gurdwara where I met many people, like Gurpreet Singh Anand and Joseph. I went home in time to say goodby to Amrik Singh before he got to bed, as he was on early duty at Heathrow.

Monday i had a quite morning, was taken by Jaspreet Kaur and Jaswinder Kaur to the Hayes and Harlington station, and made my way from there to Sint-Truiden without any delay. There was some fog both at the English and French side of the channel, but this had no adverse effect on my journey.

Hayes and Harlington – Paddington
First Great Western

Paddington – St Pancras
TfL Circle Line

St Pancras – Brussel Zuid
Eurostar

Brussel Zuid – Sint-Truiden
NMBS

21 November 2011, Going back to Belgium
St Pancras International station

To the UK, 14 November 2011

On Monday 14 November I went to Southall and Hayes. I took the NMBS IC train from Sint-Truiden to Brussel Zuid (Midi) and from there the Eurostar to London St Pancras, the Hammersmith and City line to Paddington and First Great Western to Southall.

In the Park Avenue Singh Sabha Gurdwara I listened to very nice kirtan by Bhai Lehna Singh and jatha, met with Jaswinder Kaur and her daughter-in-law Jaspreet Kaur and was joined by my good friend Harmander Singh (in suit and shirt and tie !).

We talked about various issues. One was the definition of ‘turban’. If anybody has any ideas on how to describe a turban in a way that would stand up in a legal situation, please let us know !

From Southall I took the train to Hayes & Harlington station and from there bus U4.

I talked to Jaswinder Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur and Amrik Singh till about 10 pm and then retired to bed !

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