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A TIMMY Mallett fan told how he waited 35 years to meet his hero before he cycled through his remote village.
Royston Brightman, 45, applied to go on breakfast telly show Wacaday as a kid but was knocked back.
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But when he realised his idol was close to the campsite he runs in Wick, Caithness, the dad was determined to finally catch up with him.
He stood in a bus stop on the main road for about half an hour before the telly icon appeared and he flagged him down.
Timmy then spent about half an hour with Royston and wife Vikki at their Ferryview campsite.
Royston said: “After more than three decades of waiting, another half an hour didn’t seem that long.
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“My wife said it was like seeing me become a child again. I felt like I was seven-years-old and watching him on the tv.
“I was absolutely buzzing to meet him. I still am. It was just out of this world.”
Timmy shot to fame in the 1980s on the Wideawake Club and Wacaday.
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He is cycling across Britain and is currently up in the far north of Scotland.
Royston has been following his progress just in case he ended up anywhere near his business.
His dream came true on Wednesday and he got to introduce Timmy to four generations of his family who live and work there.
Timmy even got them all to do a famous “bleh” like competitors on Mallet’s Mallet used to in the 80s and 90s.
He joked: “They’ve been dying to do that all day.”
When Royston told him he was a huge fan and wanted to go on Wacaday, Timmy said: “It takes a few years but here we are together.”
Father-of-four Royston said: “It was really lovely. He didn’t rush and we felt like he was interested in us and our story. You don’t expect that from celebrities.”
As part of his voyage Timmy is paying tribute to his big brother Martin, who passed away in 2018.
He had Down’s Syndrome and spent most of his life in care.
Timmy is leaving name tags which would have been sewn into his clothes at various places to remember him.
He left one at the campsite. Royston said: “He told us we would know where it had to go. It almost brought a tear to my eye.
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“Timmy liked the gnomes we have all over the site so I think we’re going to get a new one and put it in there.”
Vikki, 45, added: “Royston hasn’t stopped smiling. He just keeps giggling to himself and saying ‘Timmy Mallett’ came to see us yesterday.”
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