title The Lord Mayor's Procession, Norwich, Norfolk - 2nd July 2022 intro Whilst Harry's away at his Cubs camp, we head up to Norwich with Soph the Roph in tow. Once there, they head off to the cinema to see Minions: the Rise of Gru, whilst we roam around and catch a bit of the outdoor music and arts stuff going on around the city. We then meet up in time to see the Lord Mayor's parade as it wanders down Red Lion Street and on to Castle Meadow. As we meander back to the car park, Fred spots a large cactus in a stall on Norwich Market which he just has to have. imgp5689 Once again, we're on the roof of St. Andrew's imgp5690 There's a spangly dinosaur in Royal Arcade imgp5692 The old Game is getting some graffiti on the windows imgp5693 Another dinosaur, in Castle Mall imgp5696 There's a rock choir singing in Castle Mall imgp5697 People on escalators pass by oblivious imgp5699 The choir does its moves imgp5700 Isobel and Fred are in the cinema queue imgp5701 There's a nice model of Norwich Castle imgp5702 Another dinosaur imgp5703 The closed-down Number 12 on Farmer's Avenue imgp5704 Prospect House, the former EDP offices imgp5706 A gold dinosaur outside Propect House imgp5708 The Woolpack on Golden Ball Street imgp5709 A City of Stories mural imgp5710 Another dino, outside John Lewis imgp5714 A cool Wooly Mammoth in John Lewis imgp5715 A spotty dinosaur on All Saints Green imgp5716 We catch the end of Afraid of Ghosts' set imgp5717 People mill around by the spotty dinosaur imgp5719 Poet Kitty Hawkins reads some poems imgp5722 The action on All Saints Green imgp5724 A curious 1930s building imgp5725 We stop for a quick lunch at a Thai café imgp5727 Some circus skills occur imgp5731 St. John the Baptist church imgp5732 A nice bookshop on Timber Hill imgp5733 A cool dragon and caterpillar in a basement window imgp5734 A T-1000 Terminator bride imgp5735 The top of Timber Hill imgp5736 There's a cute thatched cottage behind Westlegate imgp5738 Westlegate Tower imgp5740 Outside the Gardeners Arms, and the Murderers imgp5741 An empty shop off Timber Hill imgp5742 Crowds build on on Red Lion Street imgp5743 Another dinosaur is spotted on Davey Place imgp5744 A music act on Castle Street imgp5746 Graffiti in a neglected corner imgp5748 A nice old window imgp5749 Graffiti up on the roof imgp5750 Crossing the road on Red Lion Street imgp5752 The view up to the castle imgp5756 Isobel waits for the parade imgp5758 Crowds on the bottom of Timber Hill imgp5759 Isobel roams around imgp5763 Bicycle rozzers get ready to clear the way imgp5765 It's getting quite busy on Red Lion Street imgp5768 A small dragon leads the parade imgp5773 The Lord Mayor of Norwich, surround by courtesans imgp5778 More dignitiaries in the parade imgp5784 A sea of orange imgp5786 A giant puppet float around imgp5790 Some spangly majorettes dance around imgp5797 More dancers imgp5800 Fred stands on a box to get a better view imgp5801 Even more dancers pass by imgp5808 A school group with a nice black-and-gold theme imgp5812 Gold faces and crowns imgp5815 An inflatable sea horse on a stick imgp5816 A woman struggles with an inflatable imgp5817 Looking out over the parade imgp5818 A samba group heads down the street imgp5820 All-gold costumes in the parade imgp5826 The samba group pauses for a traffic jam imgp5832 Samba carries on up to Castle Meadow imgp5834 Loads of tiny Queens of Hearts imgp5837 Another school dancing group imgp5843 A colourful group outside the old Debenhams imgp5844 Some massive flags bring up the rear of the parade imgp5847 Large crowds follow the parade down the road imgp5848 Isobel, Fred and Sophie head through the crowds imgp5853 Fred and Sophie eat on the steps of Hay Hill imgp5862 A superb Beat Boxer does a performance imgp5867 Beat Boxing on Gentleman's Walk imgp5869 Isobel, Fred and Sophie on the Haymarket imgp5874 Fred sees a cactus he really wants imgp5876 Fred buys a big cactus imgp5877 The alleys of Norwich Market imgp5878 Another dinosaur on Gentlman's Walk imgp5880 St. Andrew's Street is closed off