'Is he in among us then?' said a voice from behind me.

It was Sue Belfield, aged 16 (plus a wee bit!) who was in the crowd gathered on the Den, all of us standing in front of an open-topped double-decker bus that had just carried local boy and X Factor finalist Luke Friend round town. It was shortly to act as his top-deck stage.

It's Saturday, May 3, folks, and my first 'celebrity photo-shoot'. Teignmouth Post writer John Ware had high expectations: 'You're on your own, John. Just do the best you can.'