title The 1940s Steam Train Weekend, Holt, Norfolk - 18th September 2011 intro 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 a spot of 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. imgp4861 Stanier Class 5 loco 45305 gets its steam on imgp4865 We watch the trains at Holt station imgp4876 Stanier 45305 swaps ends imgp4884 A Willy's jeep roams around imgp4887 45305 has swapped ends imgp4889 The camper van considers its night-time fate imgp4893 Isobel and Fred in the van imgp4895 In the morning, Fred does his "earwig face" imgp4897 There's a cool spider web on the van window imgp4902 Morning at Holt Station imgp4908 Army motorbikes imgp4912 Some girls sing "A Long Way to Tipperary" imgp4920 The 1940s market gets busy imgp4921 More army vehicles imgp4922 A small boy with a large gun imgp4923 Isobel and Fred with the Cambridge massive imgp4925 A photographer gets a shot of the 1940s "Old Bill" imgp4928 A nice silver-blue vintage car imgp4929 Isobel follows Zack on the train imgp4933 Caroline, Lucas, Zack, Fred and Isobel imgp4941 The train heads off imgp4945 The signal box at Holt imgp4947 A Class 37 loco, D6737, lurks at Holt imgp4949 A Class 04 shunter imgp4956 Lucas kicks about imgp4958 The train steams up to Kelling imgp4961 The train stops at Kelling Halt imgp4964 Fred looks out of the carriage window imgp4966 The view towards the sea near Kelling imgp4968 The windmill at Kelling imgp4970 Crowds at Weybourne Station imgp4976 The Rear-admiral imgp4978 An accordion player does a tour of the carriages imgp4980 The boys on the train imgp4985 Class 47 47357 lurks at Weybourne imgp4987 A pile of rusting wheels imgp4989 Lucas and Fred hand on to a windowframe imgp4991 The boys all peer out of the window imgp4994 The train pulls in to Sheringham imgp4998 The Scarlet Woman looks out of a carriage imgp4999 Pannier Tank Engine L.99 at Sheringham imgp5003 A military policeman imgp5008 Sheringham High Street imgp5010 This sign has been around a while imgp5012 Fred considers the classic "Queen" photograph imgp5013 Munchy's snack shack with Buddy Holly and Elvis imgp5014 John, Zack, Caroline and Isobel eat fish and chips imgp5018 Fred by the sea wall imgp5021 The streets of Sheringham imgp5022 Clive feeds Amelia some pudding imgp5030 Katrina has joined us in the Lobster Inn imgp5032 Outside the Lobster Inn - a giant lobster imgp5037 Clive gets his goggles and oxygen mask on imgp5039 Amelia and Fred - officially too cute imgp5047 Will outside the Lobster Inn imgp5048 The Lobster on Wyndham Street imgp5050 A jeep with a large machine gun imgp5053 An impressive, if rather ugly, Rolls-Royce Phantom imgp5056 Zack and Fred back on the train imgp5057 Suzanne takes a photo imgp5065 Suzanne and her sister imgp5066 The gang on the train back from Sheringham imgp5069 Zack shows his Topps cards to John imgp5075 The lad at Holt is still messing with a machine gun imgp5077 An old-skool Guards Van in a Mark 1 coach imgp5083 Clive checks we're loaded in the the 6x6 properly imgp5091 View from the bridge of Weybourne Station imgp5094 BR Class 93 loco 92203 Black Prince imgp5107 Back on the seafront at Sheringham imgp5108 The shops of Sheringham imgp5111 Sheringham station is heaving imgp5122 L.99 overtakes us on the way out of Sheringham imgp5165 Suzanne, her sister, and Ellie pose by the truck imgp5174 Amelia gets wheeled around by Grandad imgp5176 We head off to the van for a bit imgp5184 Sunlight cuts through the steam and smoke imgp5191 Fred gives Amelia some of his sweets