A year ago I discovered the joys of blogging and posted my first entry!
And what a pleasure it has been to look for interesting titbits about the world I live in to share with my readers! Always fascinating too to track who those readers are. I am able to see every day who has been reading the blog, which blog entries they preferred and how much time they spent here.
I have lost count of the number of countries where my readers find themselves, but there have been readers from just about every part of the world, including Kazakhstan, South Korea, Iraq, Chile, Costa Rica, Japan, Iceland, Malawi, Ethiopia, Marocco, Russian Federation, Cote d’Ivoire, Ireland, China, Lebanon, Mozambique, India, the Netherlands……..the list goes on and on. The most frequent visitors are in Iceland, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Japan and Australia – and in that order.
The third highest number of page views per week happened in November 2005, the second highest in May and June, and the record is held by September this year of 1800 page views. September also holds the record for the most visits to the blog --- if you came to read here, you shared your reading with a whopping 750 other readers!
So, what then are the entries that attract all these readers?
Many of you seem to love reading about the river Dordogne and have been following the ups and downs of the river, its moods and its flow.
The Druids of Belingard and the excellent wine tasting there also seems to be a very popular site.
The celebration of Easter at Chateau Lalinde, the giant cepe mushrooms, the Camino, or pilgrimage to Compostela, and then all the recipes --- in particular the no-recipe-for-Cherry Jam, Melanie’s wonderful tomato and parmesan tart, my fail proof Onion Chutney and, believe it! the amazing recipe for Rose Jam are firm favourites with the readers as well.
People that featured on the blog also attracted much interest: there was of course the recent entry about Segolene Royal which seems to have been a great hit with you – who does not enjoy reading about such a lovely person who is in the news! and then the all time favourite, Zizou, or Zinedine Zidane, the flawed genius of world football. There were many other entries that attracted readers from all over the world -- too many to mention, but the blog archives are full of interesting bits that catch your eye --and I keep track to make sure that will continue,
I say Happy Birthday to the Chateau Lalinde Blog and thank you to all my readers! You are always welcome to post a comment or write an email and tell me what you think or what you would like to see more of – and I shall continue into a new year of blogging for your and my pleasure!
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