Remembering the day Sir Terry Wogan said goodbye
It was the 18th of December 2009: a cold, wet day and I was kneeling down on the slushy pavement in London W1, with freezing knees - and I wasn't the only one.
Cameras were crammed together, elbows jabbing, and every lens pointing towards a closed door. A door we were told would be opened after 10am to allow a man to leave the building after his last day in the job.
It is a mark of that man, that so many of us were waiting to capture the moment Sir Terry Wogan left that building.
Watch Nina Nannar's 2009 ITV News report on Wogan's goodbye
It was not even like he was retiring from broadcasting - or even from Radio 2! He was just leaving his show, but that was enough to have brought crowds of his TOGS - Terry's old geezers and gals, as he called his faithful fans - to wait with us at the BBC studios' doors.
They had travelled hundreds of miles, with their radios to their ears as they waited, savouring his now so poignant farewell words.
They relayed the news to us - Terry had put on his coat, we should get ready then to capture the shot.
When he appeared at the door, he looked genuinely taken aback, surprised to see so many of us and perhaps a little embarrassed! Joking about not being let back into the building, he posed arms raised, ruddy faced and the Togs swooned, and not just because they had been waiting in the cold since dawn.
What incredible devotion, not to a pop star but to someone who had been around for so long, someone who made them feel as if he was their mate and worthy of travelling through the night to be there.
Peter and Jo - who were among the group - had even met at a Togs convention some year earlier and married.
They owed Sir Terry a lot, and repaid that in love, explaining that the broadcaster made them feel special, and seemed genuinely interested in them.
It was an unforgettable day, my smile as he posed at the studio doors says it all - it was a warm, emotional moment - made all the more so today, when you look back at his farewell words to his devoted listeners on the radio that morning.
"I'm not going to pretend this is not a sad day - you can probably hear it in my voice" he said.
And then:
I challenge you to hear those words back today and not shed another tear. The world of broadcasting really has lost a legend.