A slight divergence. Permit me to introduce a very exotic bird indeed. Christopher Allsop, or Allsop of the Nile, as he is known in northern Africa and various west London bars. Mr Allsop is one of the last great explorers, currently back in London, whilst equipping himself with cleft sticks and pith helmets for his next great trek into unknown parts, and then on from Heathrow Terminal 3 to central Africa.
He and I share a common problem. Well, several, but the one we should like to share with you relates to our visibilty, or, a psychologist might explain, our self esteem.
Which boils down to this. Are we alone? Or, are there others out there? Or, to put it another way, is anybody else reading our stuff? Now, Allsop of the Nile's stuff is really worth reading, even given an over emphasis on perfect English grammar, as he is a visitor to the most extraordinary places, a wanderer amongst fascinating people, and an acute observer of all around. Find him at his best at www.whingeingbanker.blogspot.com (which, be warned, is coloured by, but not about, modern banking).
I know people are reading his lyrical account of travels in northern Africa, as various persons have come up to me, in a field in East Anglia, in a large house in Worcestershire, in a pub in Sussex, a restaurant in the City, and in several bars, (some of which Mrs B.... would not be happy about), to say how wonderful his oeuvre is. But he, and I, both of us, have received several complaints that it is impossible to make comments on our sites, and tricky to become a follower.
On the comments thing, this might be for the best, but both of us are prepared to risk the brickbats and rotten eggs of the public. I have employed a 14 year old technologist of the utmost skill and even he can't get his comments posted, and that is after offering him a rolo if he succeeded and the rest of the packet if he made a nice comment.
Any ideas, anybody out there? If there is anybody out there......
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