The only tickets left for purchase were for seats on the right of the stage, just six feet away from the singer. I would never have dreamt that I’d ever find myself in such close proximity to Robbie Williams. He even invited us and the other couples seated nearby to perform in his last song by waltzing across the stage.

We were amongst the last to leave after the show in the early hours of the morning. We walked past the show crew’s house and saw them all partying through the big bay window that faced east towards the sea. Robbie himself was making a tour of huge garden, but he didn’t acknowledge us when our paths crossed.

Our evening out collapsed into chaos when we decided to walk the coastal route home rather than take the bus. I was trapped on the rocks by an incoming tide for so long that when I eventually found my family again, I discovered that several years had passed.