London Heathrow 17/04/09

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VRMichiel
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London Heathrow 17/04/09

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Hello all,

Last Friday I visited LHR. I took the bus with Eurolines from Antwerp to London. It was an unique experience which I will never do again. We left Antwerp at 23.45 and arrived in Calais at 2 am. After waiting 1.30 hour at the French customs, we could proceed our journey for 2 minutes to the Englisch customs. Two Mexicans who were on our bus could not enter England. Due to that delay, we missed our train across the channel. We had to wait another 1.30 hour for the next train.
At 6.50, we arrived in London in the pooring rain. I went to the underground to get my day ticket and departed to LHR. Once there I had to walk for a half hour to the 27R spot. Visibilty was poor and it kept raining so I went to the downtown area for some sightseeing. Once in the city, it stopped raining but I didn't feel like going to the airport yet.
At 2 pm I went to Hatton Cross to go to the 27L spot and waited 'till 3 pm.

This is some of the traffic what I saw between 3 pm and 5 pm because it started to rain again.
I'm very sorry for the terrible pics.
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A fuselage section of the T7 which crashed last year.
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Oh yeah, on the way back the trip was even worse but I'll spaire you with it. Next time I will travel with VLM and go for 2
days.

Grtz, Michiel
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Re: London Heathrow 17/04/09

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Tip: next time, just fly to LHR.
Try BMI, they often have reduced price actions and fly from Brussels and Amsterdam
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Re: London Heathrow 17/04/09

Post by Key »

Hi Michiel,

Dramatic story on the transport. I always try to stay away from buses and coaches, you just gave me another reason... BTW, that story made me look at the photos, normally I don't have enough patience for 25 at once. ;)
VRMichiel wrote:I'm very sorry for the terrible pics.
:?: There must be something you like about them, why show them here otherwise? I think you handled the terrible weather quite well. Wishing you more luck next time!

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Re: London Heathrow 17/04/09

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Try BMI, they often have reduced price actions and fly from Brussels and Amsterdam
VLM is a better option for me. Departing from my hometown, checking in 20 minutes before departure etc.
VRMichiel wrote:
I'm very sorry for the terrible pics.
There must be something you like about them, why show them here otherwise? I think you handled the terrible weather quite well. Wishing you more luck next time!
Thanks, I posted them because it's no traffic you see everyday. Unless you live in the London area :) .
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