please empty your brain below
Glad to be part of those ten million visitors to this wonderful blog.

Electric Tower Fan | 25.07.21 - 7:11 a.m. | #

I reached you via Radio 4.
I think it was around 2006, and you were interviewed about the latest tube map design.
I suspect I am in something of a small minority that my first engagement with diamond geezer was the sound of your voice!

Thanks for producing such great posts every day!

Thomas | 25.07.21 - 7:24 a.m. | #

I’m an RSS person and have been for 15 years I would estimate. I probably click through to make a comment or for another reason 1 in 20 posts.
Well done on the milestone and thanks for all the words.

Wheels | 25.07.21 - 8:13 a.m. | #

Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for your 10 millionth!
I think I came to your blog via Christopher Fowler's posts,but can't be sure,it's so long ago? He used to have a list of other blog sites on his page,I think.

Jo W | 25.07.21 - 8:23 a.m. | #

Congratulations and continued thanks for your great content

DavidC | 25.07.21 - 8:24 a.m. | #

London Reconnections rarely posts much more than a list of recommended links these days

I currently support LR via Patreon but I'm torn about stopping it as they haven't posted much over the past year or so. But then there's not been much to write about with transport having been discouraged.

Jon Jones | 25.07.21 - 8:26 a.m. | #

As one of the author's on the London Reconnections website could I just comment on the reasons for the lack of articles and how this makes me be all the more in awe of you writing daily.

Our content was reducing to a trickle before Covid but we must admit Covid severely demotivated us. We could not meet up with some of our useful contacts, in-person lectures and the informal questions afterwards became non-existent and we couldn't justify the journey needed to visit interesting sites. So the first congratulations to you is for keeping going during these difficult times and finding a way to find enough locally to write about even though you have extensively covered local stuff before.

None of the above was helped by a couple of attempts at articles which became out-of-date and irrelevant before they were completed due to the fast nature of changing events in the early days of Covid.

In my case a couple of major life-events which normally occur in one's lifetime occurred around the same time and covid has meant that not only do they take a lot longer to sort out but also the aftermath seems never ending. So congratulations for either leading an incredibly regular life or being sufficiently organised to deal with perturbations that come along without having to miss your daily post. Of course, you do have the advantage you can write about anything in your life including the disruptive events.

I am also aware of how time-consuming it is to do an article and it is much easier to repost, link to what others have done or basically rehash a press release which has landed in your inbox. I notice we are not alone in this but someone has to write the original article! So well done for not going down this route and still doing original stuff.

Finally, as I always say, don't be too concerned when comments are few. It just means there is nothing to add. By far my favourite article recently was on the cholera outbreak and the links give me a chance to read more. But I couldn't think of anything worthy of a comment and you only got six comments.

Pedantic of Purley | 25.07.21 - 8:39 a.m. | #

I first visited during in 2011, I came for the Olympics and stayed for the great writing. I always start the day reading during breakfast. This is the best record of daily life in London and I look forward to another ten years.

John G | 25.07.21 - 9:22 a.m. | #

Pleased to be amongst ten million visiting your always-interesting and occasionally hilarious postings. My brother in Australia told me about you, oh, I don’t know how many years ago - you might be able to tell us.
Anyhow, we look in every morning, rain or shine. Perfect for pandemics. Learnt such a lot over the years, there’s enough for an entertaining PhD in the archive.
Here’s to your next decadillion.

Herbof | 25.07.21 - 9:24 a.m. | #

Congratulations.
I honestly don't know how you do it, but I'm glad you do.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 25.07.21 - 9:39 a.m. | #

Congratulations. 10,000,000
I am both amazed and happy that every day since 2002 you have kept us both entertained and informed.
I still very occasionally click on Londonist, and Ian Visits.
I do miss London Daily Photo, back in the day, there were many City/Town base photo blogs dotted around the globe.

Michael | 25.07.21 - 10:06 a.m. | #

I came as a result of a plug at a London Transport Museum Friends' meeting on "Britain's Best Bus Route". I find your observations just fascinating. Thanks for the daily uplift.

PAUL HILL | 25.07.21 - 10:09 a.m. | #

Congratulations. I can't remember how I found your blog, whether it was a link from somewhere, or word of mouth, as a friend of mine did mention your site to me once.

Mikey C | 25.07.21 - 10:51 a.m. | #

Congratulations - well deserved! I like to read it every day, always such excellent observational writing. Thank you

Lorraine | 25.07.21 - 10:51 a.m. | #

The blog is a brilliant thing, the one I read most consistently, and a great record of our times. As well as the effort of all the writing, I also notice from the occasional comment snips I have been awarded, that quite a bit appears to go into moderation too.

I'd like to extend my encouragement to PoP: I greatly appreciate London Reconnections and would prefer the current situation to nothing at all or a drop in the quality of the articles, and wish you and DG the best.

NickW | 25.07.21 - 10:56 a.m. | #

Hello from Australia. Can't remember how I found you first years ago and have not been as loyal as I should have been.
Something brought 'Diamond Geezer' to mind tonight Brisbane time. It must be the universe reminding me to get back to checking in regularly. Thanks for your dedication.

Sylvia | 25.07.21 - 10:58 a.m. | #

A major milestone to achieve and no mean feat. A prep school master instilled in we snotty schoolboys that consistency came first. Only once we'd achieved that could we look to subjects of interest and aim for success, so bravo & encore.

What will the world look like when you've doubled the number I wonder? I bet that we'll all be fed up with the noisy drones last-minute-delivering our neighbours' toothpaste or burgers.

JP | 25.07.21 - 11:05 a.m. | #

Well done, DG - a magnificent milestone! And I certainly don't regret being amongst those who stumbled...

cau1khead | 25.07.21 - 11:13 a.m. | #

That was a nice last sentence.

I used to read your blog in my RSS feed but the text colours are now rendered weird and I can't really read it easily, so I am now an official reader who is counted in your stats,

I read this properly, but as I live a long way from London, at times I skim read through what doesn't interest me.

The same for the wonderful Ian Visits.

Andrew | Homepage | 25.07.21 - 11:21 a.m. | #

I'm one of those who comes to your blog (nearly) every day to see your latest post. I can't quite remember when I first stumbled on your blog but it would have been about midway through Random Boroughs, so 2008ish.

In particular though, and this may sound a bit soppy and sentimental, thanks in particular for the last 18 months. It's felt like meeting an old friend every day, kept me sane and made me feel I've still been visiting London even when I've not.

Anders | 25.07.21 - 11:26 a.m. | #

Congratulations!
I think I stumbled upon you in 2009/2010, probably from googling things to do in London, and have read every post since - and all the previous ones too, as I soon realised I'd found a gem!

Cornish Cockney | 25.07.21 - 11:48 a.m. | #

Congratulations. The diversity of subjects, and the quality of the writing, keeps me reading every day.
If each of your regular readers recommended the blog to one other person, then you'd have even more devotees. You've created a terrific record of changes and the passing years; like a 21st century Samuel Pepys.

Frank F | 25.07.21 - 11:54 a.m. | #

Congratulations on getting 10 million visits. Well deserved. Can't remember when or how I found your blog but glad I did. Have been reading every day since.

I can't pretend everything you write about interests me but I read it anyway. That's the beauty of the variety you provide; one readers total disinterest in a blog about buses is another's fascination.

Richard | 25.07.21 - 12:35 p.m. | #

Congratulations.

I trust the bunting will be out at Bus Stop M later.

ap | 25.07.21 - 12:55 p.m. | #

Congratulations DG.
I came to you from Ian Visits, which in turn was recommended by a friend. This was defintely post Olympics perhaps 6 or 7 years ago.
As I have commented before, you are part of my daily routine, whatever you write about; and I would miss you a lot if you ever stopped.
So here's to your next 10000000!

MikeK | 25.07.21 - 1:11 p.m. | #

I visit almost every day, usually between 7 and 8 in the morning. I am not on an social media sites and find something refreshing and current and yet really quite nostalgic in the things that you write about. Long may you continue and long may I have the joy of having you as part of my routine. With gratitude.

Mel | 25.07.21 - 1:21 p.m. | #

Congratulations DG....and what they all said above.

REB | 25.07.21 - 3:42 p.m. | #

Congratulations DG, I started reading regularly in 2012. I think the first post was about Canvey Island but somehow that didn't put me off.

And PoP, I'm also a big fan of your writing as well and hope that if and when everything finally settles down you'll be able to publish some more articles on LR.

cjw714 | 25.07.21 - 4:42 p.m. | #

When at home, which has been most of the time recently, the first site I visit when I sign in is DG. I also come back later in the day to check the accumulated comments. My thanks and congratulations on your effort and achievement. May also echo the thanks to LR and my thanks to Blue Witch too.
Please all keep up the good work.

Mike Roberts | 25.07.21 - 5:16 p.m. | #

Congratulations from a daily viewer on the other side of the Pond. Family came from E3 postal code and I spent a lot of time there up until my teens, so I enjoy hearing what is happening there these days, as well as reading about other areas and the diverse topics you cover. Thank you for your hard work (and erudition) in putting together a daily post.

Mary | 25.07.21 - 5:19 p.m. | #

Well done DG and long may you continue. Yours is the only blog I read regularly now.

I'm one of the first million, starting from about 2004.

Peter | 25.07.21 - 5:21 p.m. | #

I hope you've got some balloons rigged to drop in your living room as soon as the millionth visit occurs!

R2 | 25.07.21 - 5:26 p.m. | #

The ten millionth visitor has arrived!

If you're a regular reader from southwest London (or maybe Hampshire), viewing via Chrome on a desktop, and also dropped by an hour ago to check this comments box, then it was you!

diamond geezer | Homepage | 25.07.21 - 6:49 p.m. | #

And just before 7pm, exactly how you said!

R2 | 25.07.21 - 7:43 p.m. | #

Thank you so much for your blog. I look forward to reading it everyday and it never fails to be everything I hope it will be.

James | 25.07.21 - 8:09 p.m. | #

Congratulations! I think I came here through the recommendation of a friend who claims to have met you once at a meeting of bloggers, when such things happened. You’re now part of my morning routine, and usually a very good part. I think I may have seen you once at an Open House day visit to the Bluefin Building - the pictures this person was taking turned out to be uncannily like those in your blog - but obviously I can’t be sure. I’ve also been accused by friends of being you, despite not living in Bow (they claim that’s just what I would say). Although we share many interests in common, I like neither tea nor Becks though, so I’m obviously not you.

Looking forward to next morning’s post…

Baldassaro | 25.07.21 - 8:58 p.m. | #

Your blog still holds the same appeal to me now as when I first read it, It is part of my daily routine. Thank you so much and congratulations on a wonderful achievement.

Lynn | 25.07.21 - 10:17 p.m. | #

Congratulations! I came to you years ago via The Ladies who Bus. I have read you regularly ever since, and learnt a lot. Hope you keep going for many more years.

Helen | 25.07.21 - 11:27 p.m. | #

Did it not say nine o'clock rather than seven o'clock originally? Hmmmm...

Blue Witch | Homepage | 26.07.21 - 8:28 a.m. | #

Reader Ten Million (whoever they are) is the kind of person who, when the first post of the day looks a bit short, comes back at 24 seconds past eight and again at 3 seconds past 9 in case there's a follow-up.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 26.07.21 - 9:11 a.m. | #

Congratulations DG!
You and your blog are a big part of what makes London London.

commonliner | 26.07.21 - 9:25 a.m. | #

Congratulations DG! I've been coming here every day since time immemorial, so three or four million of those ten million are probably me. I'll be here for twenty million as well, with luck!

Matt | 26.07.21 - 11:34 a.m. | #











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