title A Coronation Camping Picnic, Kelling Heath, Norfolk - 6th May 2023 intro We return to Kelling Heath - one of the best-set-up campsites anywhere - for the long weekend of the coronation (or coronating) of Chazzy W, marking the start of the third Carolean era. The weather forecast isn't great, but it mostly holds out, although there's a wet afternoon and a bit of rain around when we get the steam train up to Sheringham. It clears up just in time for fish-and-chips on the seafront and Sheringham's Coronation Street Party, where we happen to bump into former Qualcomm colleague Francis "F-dood" for a few minutes of shouty conversation over the noise of a loud backing track and singer. imgp2967 Our bit of campsite, before it fills up imgp2969 Harry outside the awning imgp2970 The others have all pitched up imgp2973 We scope out the food vans, where Harry gets pasta imgp2976 Fred gives the pizza a thumbs-up imgp2981 There's a band playing in the "village square" imgp2986 An outdoor beer marquee imgp2987 Harry and some of the teens are hanging around imgp2989 Grace has drawn an amusing "Charles III as Gollum" imgp2992 Tilly Dog roams around with her favourite toy imgp2999 A bit of coronation watching occurs imgp3000 A coronation picnic is set up outside imgp3003 Time for a coronation picnic imgp3005 Harry watches on the caravan's tiny TV imgp3012 The steam train comes down the line from Holt imgp3024 Class 9F Black Prince stops at Kelling Heath imgp3045 Class 37 D6732 smokes its way up from Weybourne imgp3059 The steam train is on the uphill leg imgp3073 Harry gives us a Vulcan salute imgp3076 It absolutely tips it down in the afternoon imgp3078 Rain on the awning's plastic window imgp3080 Harry watches Saiki K in the van imgp3082 Harry in the clubhouse bar imgp3086 Harry's doing story dice with Anna and Archie imgp3092 Sophie and Fred are all about the thumbs imgp3096 A small goose floats around on a mirror-like pond imgp3098 Fred and the gang on the Kelling Heath halt imgp3109 The entire camping group imgp3111 Elsie, Soph the Roph, Fred and Alice imgp3115 We wait for the next train imgp3120 Our train stops imgp3121 Isobel and Harry in a 1st Class Mark 1 coach imgp3124 The others hang out in a Mark 1 TSO coach imgp3126 A dispatcher walks the platforn at Weybourne imgp3130 Isobel sticks her head out of the window imgp3132 A Mark 1 guard's van imgp3134 A derelict coach outside Sheringham imgp3141 The gang pile off the train at Sheringham imgp3147 Fred and Grace in the Black Prince's steam imgp3149 92203 Black Prince shunts back to switch tracks imgp3154 We walk past the Sheringham Little Theatre imgp3158 A bit of a 1900s facade on a shop imgp3159 Harry peers over the wall at the sea imgp3161 Down on the seafront at Sheringham imgp3166 The brutalist sea walls and promenade imgp3172 The fishing boat Claire Marie imgp3173 A drainage channel and the launch slip imgp3174 Another fishing boat on the shore imgp3179 Rachel and Andrew hang out by another chipper imgp3182 Tables are set up for the street party imgp3184 We wait for our fish and chips outside Straits imgp3187 Our food order is assembled imgp3188 Fred and Harry in the fish and chip shop imgp3189 Fred and Grace on the promenade wall imgp3195 Harry points at a mural on the wall imgp3198 Sophie hugs a woolly mammoth for some reason imgp3200 Under the "Twixt sea and pine" sign imgp3201 Harry and Isobel on the beach imgp3206 Harry and Isobel on a sea of shiny sand imgp3207 Someone adds to Sophie's "Sheringham" in the sand imgp3210 There's a little craft market going on imgp3211 We stop for a bit of ice cream imgp3213 Sheringham's street party has kicked off imgp3214 Union Flag tables imgp3215 Harry and Isobel roam around imgp3218 Some crazy Mum dancing occurs imgp3219 The mayor chats to someone imgp3223 Harry finishes off his raspberry fruit ice imgp3224 Sheringham's street party imgp3228 The singer/guitarist wanders around imgp3229 The scene on High Street imgp3239 D6732 is back on the station at Sheringham imgp3245 Class 37 D6732 gets its headcode changed imgp3261 The Class 37 diesel is reattached to the coaches imgp3262 D6732 is ready to haul the next service imgp3263 The English Electric Company manufacturer's plate imgp3272 Isobel takes a phone-photo through the window imgp3275 Some dude waits on the platform at Weybourne imgp3291 The view from the train imgp3297 Harry peers out of the door imgp3308 An M&GN lorry at Holt imgp3316 Harry scopes out an impressive model railway imgp3322 The Class 37 diesel is about to leave Holt imgp3331 Isobel waves as she heads back to Kelling imgp3337 Another steam train service pulls in to Holt imgp3341 92203 Class 9f Black Prince imgp3346 The firebox and footplate of the Black Prince imgp3349 The Black Prince under steam imgp3372 A view from the train