My introduction to the glamorous world of presentation started with an overnight shift on a commercial radio station. Starting work at two in the morning and finishing at seven I lived in a twilight world as I played music to fellow night workers and insomniacs. I progressed onto more sociable shifts in independent radio before finally joining the BBC as a reporter. It was an enjoyable six months putting together news reports. I can't believe I've been presenting the evening programme for almost three years now.
Every programme is a strange, unpredictable experience.
The joy of a phone-in is you never know what's waiting on the end of the line. In our surreal evening world it could be Sylvia on the spoons, a celebrity cupboard guess or a comment on the day's news. People often say they look at BBC Radio Gloucestershire as a friend and it's lovely to be part of that.