On 3 Feb 2009 at 16:31, Neil Arlidge wrote:
> David Kitching wrote: > > On 3 Feb 2009 at 16:10, Neil Arlidge wrote: > > > >> Martin Clark wrote: > >>> I'm not complaining, but Pennine Waterways seems to have become > >>> unexpectedly popular all of a sudden! > >>> > >>> According to my site stats, there were 1351 unique visitors to the > >>> site yesterday - twice the average number. I thought that maybe, > >>> because of the snow, lots of people had spent the day at home > >>> surfing the net, but then I see that there have been over 750 > >>> visits so far today! > >>> > >>> I wondered whether some high profile website like the BBC had linked > >>> to a page, but examining the list of recent referrals, most visitors > >>> are, as usual, arriving from Google. There appears to be a slight > >>> increase in visitors arriving from StumbleUpon but I can see no > >>> explanation for this sudden rise in visitor numbers! There was a > >>> smaller spike on 12th January - 944 visitors, although there were > >>> more total page views than yesterday. > >>> > >>> Any suggestions as to what is happening? > >> > >> A lot of snow bound people (down south) dreaming of the Beautiful > >> North? > > > > Poor misguided fools. > > > > It's still grim oop north! > > > > :-)) > > Last tuesdaynight they had Robbo's Hatters at our adopted local ;-) > http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/bucwhho.htm That's not allowed out of Cheshire without special licence. People might get to like it! I was supposed to be on a tour of the Robies brewery last night. However, the guide was stuck in a snowdrift in Scotland, the electric gate at the brewery had broken down, and the beer lines had frozen. Result - match postponed. :-( Cheers (not) -- David Kitching http://www.brocross.com fearrmeox adlaþ brægen
