Today I went to the Central Markets.

I was walking past some of the stalls, when who appeared in front of me, swiftly walking by?

John Cleese! My childhood hero! My absolute favourite actor and comedian. He made a huge impression on me when I was a child watching Monty Python and I don’t think he’s made a single film that I haven’t loved.

I felt weak at the knees. He was wearing a loose-fitting cap and a black jumper, clearly trying to prevent himself from being too recognisable.

I briefly considered saying something to him, but I’m sure being famous and having people come up to you must be very annoying, so I let him go, back into the sea of predominately asians most of whom would not know his identity.

I knew he was in Adelaide but I definitely did not expect to see him (I should have bought a ticket to his show).