Two million visitors

 When I started this blog in August 2012 during the devastating La Gomera fire I never expected anything and hadn't a clue about blogging. I just wanted to report what was going on here as there wasn't much reliable information from or about La Gomera in English. The international media didn't bother checking facts, never mind sending correspondents, and just reported La Gomera's disaster as part of other fires in the Mediterranean with a bit of sensationalism mixed in. That was a long time ago and La Gomera has now completely recovered.

Surprisingly and unexpectedly my blog has just now clocked up over two million visits (see Google's counter on sidebar⇒) as the interest in this blog has grown over the years. While some of the clicks probably are purely accidental, the interest in the island of La Gomera has grown substantially, and there's a lot more information to be found in all kinds of media. 

Unsurprisingly most of my readers came from English speaking countries, but lagomera1.blogspot.com was also read in every corner of the globe. Even some of the international press as well as local and Spanish media have used material from this blog, some with my permission, some without. Anyone is welcome to freely use material from this blog as long as the linked source is quoted as lagomera1.blogspot.com. Indeed sometimes I use material concerning La Gomera from other media, but I always strive to clearly indicate the source with a link to same.

There's also a lot of regular readers, some of whom I may have disappointed over recent years as I don't post that often anymore. Apologies to them, but thankfully there aren't a lot of exciting  affairs in La Gomera to report normally, and I've always tried to steer well clear of minor problems, local politics and expats' antics unless it is necessary. My annual 1st of April news for fools seem to be especially popular and some readers have fallen into the trap. Click this to see a selection of them...

Anyway I hope to keep posting as La Gomera is well worth the effort.

Thanks a million (or two) to you all, and special thanks  to the many readers who commented favourably and to the many new friends that I made through this blog.