Former Blue Peter presenter John Noakes, who hosted the show in the 1960s and 1970s, died over the weekend in Palma, aged 83. He had lived on the outskirts of Andratx for many years.
He once old me, when I interviewed him, that he had been planning to sail around the world, but when his yacht dropped anchor in Andratx he decided to stay. Years later I would meet him in rather extraordinary circumstances. I had placed an advertisement in this newspaper looking for an allotment in the Andratx area. It was a short classified advert and I remember receiving a call from man who asked me to come down and have a look at the field he owned next to his house. I was obviously exceptionally pleased because I thought that the advertisement wouldn't be too successful; after all, it was quite a large ask.
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My unusual meeting with John Noakes
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