Stanier Class 5 loco 45305 gets its steam on
The 1940s Steam Train Weekend, Holt, Norfolk - 18th September 2011
It's that time of year again for the Holt Steam Train 1940s weekender - once again in the company of Clive "Chickens", who's there with his GMC 6x6. Nosher, Isobel and The Boy have been watching the "Tour of Britain" steam through Brome in the morning, and so - after having sorted out the van in the first time for a while - don't rock up until about 5pm. As such, the camping's a bit full, so we park nearby in an empty car park. The following morning, we mill around looking at all the military vehicles and stuff, and then spend a while on the steam trains, heading up to Sheringham for Fish and Chips, where we meet Caroline and John from Cambridge, who happen to be on holiday just the other side of Cromer. Later, we get the train back to Holt to pick up Clive's GMC 6x6 truck which we then proceed to take back to Sheringham for the "grand tour". On the way, Clive spots the train coming, and so the chase is afoot to follow it in to town and, as it happens, to follow it out again. There's a chance to get some interesting photos of the trains, although it's incredibly difficult in a fast-moving, very bouncy military truck.
next album: Fred's Birthday and Mildenhall Camping, Suffolk - 25th September 2011
previous album: The Tour of Britain, Brome, Suffolk - 17th September 2011
We watch the trains at Holt station
Stanier 45305 swaps ends
A Willy's jeep roams around
45305 has swapped ends
The camper van considers its night-time fate
Isobel and Fred in the van
In the morning, Fred does his 'earwig face'
There's a cool spider web on the van window
Morning at Holt Station
Army motorbikes
Some girls sing 'A Long Way to Tipperary'
The 1940s market gets busy
More army vehicles
A small boy with a large gun
Isobel and Fred with the Cambridge massive
A photographer gets a shot of the 1940s 'Old Bill'
A nice silver-blue vintage car
Isobel follows Zack on the train
Caroline, Lucas, Zack, Fred and Isobel
The train heads off
The signal box at Holt
A Class 37 loco, D6737, lurks at Holt
A Class 04 shunter
Lucas kicks about
The train steams up to Kelling
The train stops at Kelling Halt
Fred looks out of the carriage window
The windmill at Kelling
Crowds at Weybourne Station
The Rear-admiral
An accordion player does a tour of the carriages
The boys on the train
Class 47 47357 lurks at Weybourne
A pile of rusting wheels
Lucas and Fred hang on to a windowframe
The boys all peer out of the window
The train pulls in to Sheringham
The Scarlet Woman looks out of a carriage
Pannier Tank Engine L.99 at Sheringham
A military policeman
Sheringham High Street
This sign has been around a while
Fred considers the classic 'Queen' photograph
Munchy's snack shack with Buddy Holly and Elvis
John, Zack, Caroline and Isobel eat fish and chips
Fred by the sea wall
The streets of Sheringham
Clive feeds Amelia some pudding
Katrina has joined us in the Lobster Inn
Outside the Lobster Inn - a giant lobster
Clive gets his goggles and oxygen mask on
Amelia and Fred - officially too cute
Will outside the Lobster Inn
A jeep with a large machine gun
An impressive, if rather ugly, Rolls-Royce Phantom
Zack and Fred back on the train
Suzanne takes a photo
Suzanne and her sister
The gang on the train back from Sheringham
Zack shows his Topps cards to John
The lad at Holt is still messing with a machine gun
An old-skool Guards Van in a Mark 1 coach
Clive checks we're loaded in the the 6x6 properly
View from the bridge of Weybourne Station
BR Class 93 loco 92203 Black Prince
Back on the seafront at Sheringham
The shops of Sheringham
Sheringham station is heaving
L.99 overtakes us on the way out of Sheringham
Suzanne, her sister, and Ellie pose by the truck
Amelia gets wheeled around by Grandad
We head off to the van for a bit
Sunlight cuts through the steam and smoke
Fred gives Amelia some of his sweets
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Stanier Class 5 loco 45305 gets its steam on
Stanier Class 5 loco 45305 gets its steam on
We watch the trains at Holt station
Stanier 45305 swaps ends
A Willy's jeep roams around
45305 has swapped ends
The camper van considers its night-time fate
Isobel and Fred in the van
In the morning, Fred does his 'earwig face'
There's a cool spider web on the van window
Morning at Holt Station
Army motorbikes
Some girls sing 'A Long Way to Tipperary'
The 1940s market gets busy
More army vehicles
A small boy with a large gun
Isobel and Fred with the Cambridge massive
A photographer gets a shot of the 1940s 'Old Bill'
A nice silver-blue vintage car
Isobel follows Zack on the train
Caroline, Lucas, Zack, Fred and Isobel
The train heads off
The signal box at Holt
A Class 37 loco, D6737, lurks at Holt
A Class 04 shunter
Lucas kicks about
The train steams up to Kelling
The train stops at Kelling Halt
Fred looks out of the carriage window
The windmill at Kelling
Crowds at Weybourne Station
The Rear-admiral
An accordion player does a tour of the carriages
The boys on the train
Class 47 47357 lurks at Weybourne
A pile of rusting wheels
Lucas and Fred hang on to a windowframe
The boys all peer out of the window
The train pulls in to Sheringham
The Scarlet Woman looks out of a carriage
Pannier Tank Engine L.99 at Sheringham
A military policeman
Sheringham High Street
This sign has been around a while
Fred considers the classic 'Queen' photograph
Munchy's snack shack with Buddy Holly and Elvis
John, Zack, Caroline and Isobel eat fish and chips
Fred by the sea wall
The streets of Sheringham
Clive feeds Amelia some pudding
Katrina has joined us in the Lobster Inn
Outside the Lobster Inn - a giant lobster
Clive gets his goggles and oxygen mask on
Amelia and Fred - officially too cute
Will outside the Lobster Inn
A jeep with a large machine gun
An impressive, if rather ugly, Rolls-Royce Phantom
Zack and Fred back on the train
Suzanne takes a photo
Suzanne and her sister
The gang on the train back from Sheringham
Zack shows his Topps cards to John
The lad at Holt is still messing with a machine gun
An old-skool Guards Van in a Mark 1 coach
Clive checks we're loaded in the the 6x6 properly
View from the bridge of Weybourne Station
BR Class 93 loco 92203 Black Prince
Back on the seafront at Sheringham
The shops of Sheringham
Sheringham station is heaving
L.99 overtakes us on the way out of Sheringham
Suzanne, her sister, and Ellie pose by the truck
Amelia gets wheeled around by Grandad
We head off to the van for a bit
Sunlight cuts through the steam and smoke
Fred gives Amelia some of his sweets