EXTRACT: ….. An hour later we were stood outside one of Peggy’s favourite refreshment spots and it soon became apparent why.

Unsuitably dressed in mufti, we entered the foyer of the Hilton International hotel.

We caught the lift up to a cafeteria area and took our seats by a window that looked down onto the streets below. Now, this wasn’t something as low lying as say the fifth floor. It was more like the forty-fifth. The views across the Seattle skyline, with all its futuristic illuminations was truly spectacular. It was the daddy of all views, gazing down onto just about every other building in the city and out across the straits of the Puget Sound. Our tour was reaching its end and we had the most impressive seats in the metropolis.

“Oh, the best is yet to come,” Peggy said. Although, I couldn’t see how it could get any more spectacular than this. Then we heard a distant roar....