When I was a boy, growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, I had always been raised by my British parents to think of the UK as 'home', and I supposed that it was inevitable that one day I would land up there. But when I saw London for the first time, I was stunned to find that it was almost exactly as I had always imagined it would be.
For a boy of 15 in the mid-60s, to be turned loose in this world capital of music and all that appealed to young people was an overwhelming adventure.
Come with me, and I'll take you there.