A new chapter for me in my radio story! On
@bbcwm
and all across the West Midlands from 6am. Excited?! YES! Terrified?! Also yes 😂😂 I’m the new girl, come join me x
So the secret is out! Next weekend will be my final weekend on
@BBCDerby
so let’s make it a party weekend! Special guests maybe?! Lots of chocolate?!
#NewBeginnings
#freshstart
will try not to cry 😢 🤦🏻♀️😂
Final show with these beauts. 💗
@AStrachan88
@Gareth___Jones
thanks for ALL your help, support and much hilarity over the years. How we chatted so much in 3.37 song durations I don’t know 😂
2 years ago I had the worst New Year’s Eve ever. I cried quietly as my happy little world was being crushed. Fast forward 2 years, I have healed and got so much to look forward to. Life is blissfully happy. I have the best family & friends. HNY to you and yours xx
After a ridiculously crap 12 months I have just had a phone call that’s made me cry with happiness. Proper full on happy tears. The future is most definitely looking so much brighter 💗💗
The 12 year old just popped to the shops and bought me a coffee cup and filled it with chocolate for
#ValentinesDay
💗 with his pocket money. I literally couldn’t be happier 💗
So there. I’ve said it on the radio so it’s out there! Am heading into 2023 as a soon to be divorcee! And you know what? It feels great. It’s taken a year to feel so positive. 2022 was SO horrendous. Am now feeling excited about my new future for so many reasons 🙏
Sat and had a cuppa in my new home today with the sunlight streaming in and for the first time in 19 months I feel so happy. Genuinely so content. A massive weight is off my shoulders and the future is there for the taking.
#movingon
#Divorce
#NewBeginnings
Am slamming the door shut on 2022. Seen the very worst, and the very best of people. A year I will never forget, and am slowly recovering from. But the 11 year old and I march on to 2023 holding hands & smiling. It’s all gonna be ok. HAPPY NY! 💗
A lovely person I met last night asked me,”does it scare you how amazing your life will be now?” I told them I hadn’t thought about it. But now I am. And it doesn’t scare me. It’s exhilarating to have moved on, to be in a great place.
#letsdothis
#noregrets
💗
We are in!! Surround yourself with amazing people and it will all be ok! Looooong day but with these girls, it was hilarious
#chucklebrothers
😆 we are in. It already feels like home. We are happy 💗💗🏡
#moving
When your world has been shattered into a million pieces, you need to pick up the pieces right? But maybe pick them up and arrange them in a different way, live the life YOU want to live, in the way YOU want to live it. Simple 💗
I have literally had the best news which has made my year. Genuinely. I even shrieked. 😂
#NewBeginnings
will let you know once it’s all sorted…but am just gonna enjoy it 😀
Been feeling rough for last couple of days so the 12 year old took himself off to the shop and bought me these 💗 he told me “they were only £3!” Yes, I have taught him well!!
#bargain
This is my Pappy Alos. He is 77 in a few weeks time. Today he is off to volunteer in his local hospital which he does EVERY week. I think he’s fab 💗💗
#volunteer
#volunteering
Laying on the sofa in
#Xmas
pyjamas, a Santa hat, gin & chocolate contemplating my 1st Xmas as a single parent. It’s going to be ok. 💕 big love to all the
#singleparents
who navigate this mess. You are great x
The 11 year old ordered me a
#ValentinesDay
cake from our local coffee shop last week so I wouldn’t miss out today. What a legend. I ate it in 1 minute 😂💗💗
Setting my alarm for 3.45am. Only ever set this early for a holiday or work. It certainly ain’t a holiday! See you at 6am Monday in
@BBCDerby
as I look after the hot seat for
@radiotwiggy
can’t wait!
Last time I was in Brighton, my life was on a very different path. When u are hurled off that path unexpectedly it’s incredibly painful. But then u realise your new path may show u things u never knew.
#keepthefaith
💗 feeling v reflective 😂
#movingday
just had my first meltdown. 😂 removal guys know why we are moving and are sooooo fab. 2 of them have gone through the same heartache. This time tonight.. in our new home. Wish me luck!
The 13 year old took his 79 year old grandad to
@Wolves
today. He sorted tickets with no stairs, booked train tickets and organised food. Despite the score, they’ve had an amazing time 💗
#dayout
#football
Got the fam over for dinner tonight and so excited to show them our beautiful little home. Have worked so hard, we’ve made it ‘ours’ and it’s gorgeous. Out with the old, in with the new 💗💗 happy memory pics all over the walls. It feels like home 🏡
Important business meeting! Lots to discuss and plan. Am being brave which is scary but exciting. My 💗 is still in
#radio
but sometimes you need to
#BEBRAVE
secure your own future. 🙏
My dad is 79 today. He’s the most incredibly loyal, trustworthy, amazing man I have ever known. He is the best role model and is loved by so many. Feliz Cumpleaños Pappy Alos 🧡
Happy
#MothersDay
from the side of a muddy football field. 💗 to all the mums who constantly plough on & keep smiling regardless of how tough life can be, I see you 😘
#Respect
Just FaceTimed my elderly parents who are
#selfisolating
- am constantly worrying about them - but they were knocking back the Prosecco and my mum has spent the day dying her hair pink. 😂
Heading into my birthday week for the first time in 19 years as ‘young’ free and single. 😂😂 thanks to my amazing friends and family, I can’t wait! 💕 you must ALWAYS celebrate birthdays, life is too short 💗
After experiencing the very worst and the very best of people today, here is my mate who snuggles me when I’ve had a crappy afternoon. Unconditionally. We need more happy dog pics in the world 🐶😂😂💗
Am not on the radio on
@BBCDerby
tomorrow morning. It really saddens me to strike but when you feel very strongly about something, you have to show support.
#KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal
Today is some weird sort of anniversary in my life. 365 days. Can seem very long or very short. Can be bloody tough or incredibly easy. I certainly won’t remember this date in years to come but 2day it makes me realise how incredibly lucky I am to have made it through. 💗
What a fab day at
@SomersetCCC
one of the nicest grounds I’ve ever been to! Met some lovely people, from the
@cinchuk
team, security, gate staff, coffee makers, stewards & the fab crowd! The team
@ECB_cricket
were immense.
@englandcricket
win too! 🏏🏴
Chilling in the Hydeaway before
@takethat
are on. With my 12 year old bestie who commented… “I’ve never seen so many 40-60 year old women in one place!” 😂😂
#BSTHydePark
We gave up on the
#homeschooling
today. We didn’t have a good morning. So we put the laptop away and had great fun making this odd looking cake. I now have a
#happychild
#winning
it tastes great btw!
Post
#divorce
bucket list..
Go camping ⛺️✅
Go to a festival ✅
Talk to random people ✅
Be amazed the tent stayed up ✅
Put glitter on my face ✅
3 years ago would never thought could have done this. Boom.💥
#girlpower
Great time at
@Sausage_cider
Broadcaster & former BBC presenter
@janegarvey1
has expressed her support for Local Radio and opposition to BBC’s plans, at the picket line at BBC HQ.
The BBC says it’s plan is to divert money into digital.
@NUJofficial
says it’ll diminish Local Radio
Can barely stay awake after the best weekend I’ve had for ages. Laughed so much, made new friends, spent time with very special people.
#memories
no one can take this feeling away 💗 the corner is well and truly turned.
#NewBeginnings
So sad to hear about
#SteveWright
💔 the irony of his passing announced on
#WorldRadioDay
what a legend. I used to record him off the radio. Sad sad day.
Great week on
@BBCDerby
covering the
#breakfastshow
for
@radiotwiggy
He is back Monday. I am back 6am tomorrow for more fun, frolics and possibly some caffeine. 😂 see u then x
Feeling really rough today so Pappy Alos turned up at doorstep with flowers, cream cakes, tissues and chicken, my faves! He’s probably the best man in the universe. 💗 he’s never let us down
#family
The 11 year old had his 77 year old mate round today. They had tea & cake. She told him about her childhood running through the fields we now live on and he told her about his cricket. It was truly gorgeous & they have the loveliest friendship 💗 they adore each other.
Woken up feeling good. Feels like a dark cloud has been lifted. Still got the same crappy problems as yesterday but something feels different. Take the small wins & run with them 😘
#freshstart
💗
I may have interviewed prime ministers, politicians, every single pop star around, & even royalty in my 22 year love affair with radio, but nothing made me happier than interviewing
@GaryBarlow
while at Power FM! Legend!
#memories
#WorldRadioDay
This day last year my parents celebrated 50 years of marriage. It was such a wonderful celebration. 💕 They know what’s important to them. It’s always
#family
and they are the greatest supporters the 11 year old and I could ever have 💗
These are my parents. 52 years of love, loyalty, selflessness and laughs. Another celebration for Mamas birthday cos life is far too short. Make those memories 💗💗
Everyone needs that friend who comes and sorts it all out for you! 2 days of tip runs, getting covered in cobwebs and mouse 🐭 poo, storage runs, charity shop runs. We have laughed manically while pushing my stuff on trolleys. But finally there is calmness 😂😂.
#friends
So overwhelmed about what’s coming, Packing up my life, trying to sort everything that comes with moving home while working, and dealing with so much else. By myself. But hey I’ll always do it. Cos I have to. New beginnings coming really soon and I can’t wait 💗💗
Pappy Alos 💗
#FathersDay2022
the most incredible man I know. Selfless, loyal, amazing & so kind! Lives for his family & never lets us down. Always there for me, always. So lucky he is my Pappy & so grateful he’s here today for hugs & cake 🍰 😂 x
This is my Pappy Alos. What a man. An absolute tower of strength and the best role model anyone could have. He’s great. 😊 he’s stepped up so much recently and we 💗 him so much for it.
#family
#FamilyFirst
#loyal
Reignited my love for
#football
@wolves
nowhere I’d rather be on a gorgeous sunny afternoon than here with the biggest 12 year old Wolves fan ever 💗💗 ps he made me buy the hat 🎩 😂
Sleepover update. They don’t yet know but I have found, and confiscated A CRATE OF PEPSI MAX. They were planning on drinking 6 cans each to stay awake ALL NIGHT. please send help 🤦🏻♀️😂
Oh am so sad for
@dcfcofficial
😢 but what an absolute fight. The players have been magnificent, the fans incredible. And
@WayneRooney
?? Legend status.
Had a dream about my wonderful cousin who passed away last year. He was smiling and laughing at the stupid things I was saying! It was so vivid. I now feel sad but strangely comforted too. Isn’t
#grief
just the most horrendous thing? 💔
Omg my beautiful friend
@Aleena_Naylor
got me a
#Ringdoorbell
for my birthday. It’s literally the greatest gift ever 👀😂 currently watching a cat ON MY DRIVE!!! 🐈
Still waking up in shock over what’s happened in the last 7 months. Still completely shattered, but my amazing family, friends & work fam continue to keep my head above water. Oh and the dog too with his constant snoring 🤦🏻♀️😂
I just wanna go to a pub. Or restaurant. And hear people chatting. Putting the world to rights over a pint and a gin. And to hear the sound of people laughing. Will never take it for granted again
#lockdown
#pubs