There was an unexpected hero at a major event on the edge of the city this weekend.
The annual Strumpshaw Steam Rally was enjoyed by hundreds of families across the bank holiday weekend but some found it difficult to get away after torrential downpours.
However, 16-year-old tractor enthusiast Harvey Yarham was on hand to save the day.
Harvey, from Saxlingham Nethergate, saved dozens of expensive motorhomes from being stuck in the mud at Strumpshaw.
The teen usually exhibits his four-inch scale agricultural engine and attends the rally every year with his family.
His burgeoning mechanical skills were harnessed by his father, who owns a collection of 10 Ford tractors, and his late grandfather.
Harvey's mum Zoe was left "in awe" and said: “There were no vehicle movements for the whole weekend because of the weather so when people started to ask him for help, he was more than keen to show some of his skills.
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“Some of the motorhomes he was pulling out of the mud were worth a lot of money."
Harvey is currently sitting his GCSEs and is set to start a one-year course at Easton College in September, with an ambition to start a full-time farming apprenticeship.
Michael Pumfrey, organiser of the Strumpshaw Steam Rally, said: “Harvey has got Ford tractors so I’m glad he was helping out and we’re grateful for all of it.
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“It was challenging to keep spirits up. We’d like to thank everyone who turned up, a lot of the public still came along and supported us.
“Lots of people were getting stuck and it was all hands to the pump.”
Harvey has been volunteering at North Norfolk Railway since the age of 10, despite struggling with dyslexia, and often receives ‘educational days off’ from school, to help run the Little Barford train at the Weeting Steam Engine Rally and Country Show.
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