Into the blog rode the 5000!

I was thrilled to see my blog has just passed the 5000th  view of its pages.

As of today my Flag Counter status shows visitors from 80 different countries! I am amazed, delighted and somewhat bemused. I’ll explain. Whilst there are some countries I’d have expected to see up amongst the top numbers, namely UK, USA, India, there are others that surprise me.

Who is lurking from Uganda?

Who or what are the mysterious Unknown entries

Unknown - Satellite Provider	6	2011-01-03
Unknown - Anonymous Proxy	3	2010-10-03
Unknown - European Union	2	2010-11-01
Unknown	2	2010-06-21

Unknown Satellite Provider – is this ET phoning home? or some ‘spy in the sky’?

And who has joined us from Nigeria this month?

Ranked	Country	Unique Visitors	Last New Visitor
1	United Kingdom	652	2011-01-07
2	India	529	2011-01-07
4	Canada	130	2011-01-07
5	Australia	44	2011-01-07
10	Philippines	14	2011-01-07
3	United States	450	2011-01-05
7	Netherlands	25	2011-01-05
40	Nigeria	2	2011-01-05
36	Portugal	3	2011-01-04
11	Germany	13	2011-01-03
81	Unknown - Satellite Provider	6	2011-01-03
20	Malaysia	7	2011-01-01
13	Singapore	10	2010-12-30
54	Indonesia	1	2010-12-28
18	Saudi Arabia	8	2010-12-26
14	Russian Federation	9	2010-12-23
12	Spain	11	2010-12-17
21	Sri Lanka	6	2010-12-16
55	Iceland	1	2010-12-16
22	South Africa	6	2010-12-12
41	Taiwan	2	2010-12-09
42	Brazil	2	2010-12-07

I’d love to know who you all are and it would be nice if you could become a follower. But if you want to keep visiting anonymously, that is just fine by me. You are welcome. It is great to have you all here and I hope you will stay around as I ramble on through 2011.