I've worked out I'm not a fan of self-congratulation.

I'd rather not win an award than have to feign surprise at winning, as if I hadn't thrust myself forward for the thing in the first place. What's heart warming in that?

However, I did feel the need to buy myself a congratulatory burger from Cap'n Jaspers tonight. The radio industry's latest set of RAJAR figures - released yesterday and digested today, and my first since moving West - show a healthy increase in listeners to my slot since I took over, which is always heartening.

Good job one of my dearest friends texted his congratulations in time...

"Good work my friend. Best move you ever made. All the more remarkable because you still sound shit."

Today, Cap'n Jaspers... tomorrow, it could have been the Grosvenor. Thank God for the discerning listener.