Another Milestone.

When I first started this website from my little ‘Office’ in the back of our cottage in the Brecon Beacons I never thought I’d see the time that it would receive its three millionth hit. (This is not much relative to some websites but considering what the site's about and its very low key origins, it’s not doing too badly). This milestone was achieved yesterday when the site had two thousand hits in a couple of hours. As a consequence of this site I have had images published in field guides, wildlife publications, magazines, etc. and a viewing audience spread literally around the world, with a substantial following, for whatever reasons, in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.
Although pleasing, this is a big surprise to me and there have been barren times when I didn’t know where my next image was coming from but I carried on trying to find interesting content. This is the biggest problem facing people starting these websites and blogs. It’s easy to start them, it’s made idiot proof, and I’m evidence to that. However, maintaining them is another matter, it takes discipline to keep on finding things to write about and even more discipline to get images that illustrate and hopefully embellish these writings. It’s not easy, and I see many capable people letting their websites just fade away and finally disappear because they just can’t find the inspiration to carry on.
I don’t know how much longer I will continue with the site but at the moment I have no intention of stopping because it’s an extension of our hobby and that is an important driver.
All that’s left is to thank everyone who views the site and hopefully enjoys it, and here’s to the future.