England and Ireland---Day 7

2 up 2 down---to me, typical houses

Jiti, Moni, Amaya and I drove to Kent today.  First stop was the village of Hartley where Ranjivan's parents (who are Jandiala Johls) live.  After a very nice tea we left Amaya and drove into Gillingham to see Jit and his wife.  More tea...

Jit and Jiti  cricket test match

What usually happens...

Kent countryside

I do like the Kentish countryside.  Lots of open rolling hills with wheat, still green here, alfalfa, pasture with cows and sheep.  The only problem from a photographers viewpoint is the hedgerows.  You spend a lot of time on small roads driving through green tunnels.  Just as you hit an open spot with the views, and hit your shutter button, another hedgerow has blocked it.  Argghhhh...

Gravesend gurdwara

Ranjivan's dad, Parmjit, drove Jiti and I to see the gurdwara in Gravesend.  It is easily the largest gurdwara I have ever seen, and looks like it was transplanted from India straight to England.  It cost £12 million to build, and they are still working on it.  "Wow" was my first thought.  Great appliqué in the floor tile too.

After leaving the gurdwara we drove by the Thames. It is quite wide here, but hasn't yet reached the sea.

Kent sunset

After a lovely meal at Hartley (Darshan is a fantastic cook), we left Amaya with her Nani and Nana and drove back to Ascot.  Lucky it is light so late.  We reached home about 10:15 and it was still light out.