I really wanted to start this video with a shot of the life-sized figure of the Queen, standing outside a cottage in Cholsey, waving to her subjects, but, sadly, there wasn't time to film it.
Instead, we cut straight to the action with the good people of Tackley lining the platforms of their local station to wave to 6201 Princess Elizabeth as she raced through at the head of the Solihull to Kensington Olympia; The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
From Tackley, it was down to Cholsey, with one camera on the station and the other by the church. The non-LMS whistle that can be heard in the distance is Ivor The Engine, which was standing in the bay platform at Cholsey, but as 6201 was on the up main, it was not possible to catch the two locos together.
A quick dash up the M4 brought us to Chiswick for a third runpast.
Having dropped the passengers at Olympia, and stabled the stock somewhere near Wembley, 6201 ran to Clapham Junction to turn, pausing on Cremorne Bridge to salute Her Majesty, and to signal the start of the pageant. Determined not to miss this historic event, we walked a total of four miles, carrying two cameras and a tripod, to get the shot.
In the evening, we went to Olympia to see the start of the homeward run, before racing to Sunningdale. Somewhere between these two points, 6201 had lost time and was put behind a Reading bound local, leading to a signal check around Longcross and a more spirited passing of Sunningdale than one usually sees.