Being as I started this thread, I thought I'd better mention my memorable event. Actually, I'm going to cheat as I have two.
The wife and I, in the mid 1970's spent a while travelling in India. It was a time when people didn't travel too far - in those days, a visit to Spain was regarded as a massive trek. Anyway, during our trip, we spent a few days in Agra, where the Taj Mahal is. This is the most beautiful building made so marble and semi-precious stones. The trick is to see it at midnight under a full moon and we did, I can only describe it as magical, we just stared at it and you were somehow transported to another plane somehow. It was just me and Mary there, no crowds, just a beautiful experience.
My second experience.
In the early 1980's I worked in a hospital in Hastings (south coast UK). Part of my job was welfare of patients and visitors. I was given the job of assisting and looking after Sir Paul McCartney and his wife and then small children. His daughter was in hospital for around a month after a serious horse riding accident so I got to know him reasonably well over the month. Sir Paul lived near us anyway. He had no 'minders', just him and Linda mostly. But, the thought of spending time chatting with 25% of The Beatles is a dream I lived.
He had to bring his daughter for an X-ray after her recovery some weeks later, and as he was unsure of where to go and being thoughtful, he didn't want to cause disruption to others, he rang me up and asked to meet up so I could take him 'the back way' where public don't go. Then, a few years later, an American oil company called 'Amoco', wanted to drill for oil near where we lived in Sussex. This also affected Sir Paul, so during public consultation, him and Linda also attended.
Anyway, that's my little stories.
Col