As 2016 draws to a close and we look forward to 2017 it is time to reflect on BajanThings two years on since my cousin Peter sowed the seed in December 2014.
After a slow start BajanThings has grown in popularity. We now have 192 subscribers and 62 comments on line. More importantly, we both have received some very positive comments from people we meet. I wish to thank everyone for their encouragement and hope that we will be able to continue to provide articles that educate, enlighten and inform. We will continue to stay away from Political and Religious topics.
In the past few months Peter has worked hard, I am told well into the night, to upgrade the site by arranging the pictures from previous posts. He has also improved the look of the site. He is responsible for getting the search engines to recommend BajanThings. I thank him for this. This has resulted in an increased number of people, like you, reading the articles.
For the 2016 we had 30,195 page views and were visited by 15,766 visitors. Most of our readers are from USA, Barbados, UK, Canada and Australia.
Below is a table of all the BajanThings posts to date and the number of visits it has had. You can change the table sort order by clicking the arrows at the end of each of the header columns. You can sort the table alphabetically or by views or by post date. You can also filter the table based on a search term if you are looking for something specific. You can also click on any of the posts and the post will open in a new tab in your browser.
| Page/Post URL link | Date | Unique Visitors - 2015 | Unique Visitors - 2016 |
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| Home page / Archives | 2014/12/18 | 11,666 | 8,543 |
| Bajan Seasoning | 2014/12/21 | 1,743 | 2,281 |
| Bajan Hot Pepper Sauce | 2014/12/21 | 1,407 | 2,083 |
| Bajan Rum Punch | 2014/12/20 | 736 | 1,716 |
| Torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay - 11 September 1942 | 2015/05/21 | 730 | 1,604 |
| Abandoned Lime Kiln at Ragged Point, Barbados | 2016/02/03 | | 1,176 |
| Chicken Rita's. Where Bajan's go for seasoned fried chicken! | 2015/07/02 | 328 | 1,159 |
| Thor Heyerdahl's Ra Expeditions to Barbados: RA-I 1969, RA-II 1970 | 2015/08/05 | 384 | 681 |
| Bajan Fried Flying Fish | 2014/12/20 | 501 | 623 |
| The Colin Hudson Great (Barbados) Train Hike | 2015/01/12 | 335 | 598 |
| Barbados Hiking Association: 2016 Hill Challenge | 2016/03/02 | | 473 |
| The Bottom-up boulder between Bottom Bay and Harry Smith Beach, Barbados | 2015/08/16 | 365 | 411 |
| John Frederick Bridgetower | 2016/03/27 | | 357 |
| The Great Outdoors (TGO) Challenge 2016 | 2016/06/06 | | 357 |
| Subscribe to BajanThings.com | 2015/03/31 | 438 | 339 |
| High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 - 1967 | 2015/03/27 | 186 | 339 |
| Cable & Wireless in Barbados | 2016/09/19 | | 313 |
| Bajan Things one year on... | 2015/12/21 | 72 | 310 |
| Welcome to BajanThings.com | 2014/12/20 | 695 | 276 |
| Oistins Fish Fry - Barbados. Annies BBQ where locals go for lunch, dinner and a drink | 2015/11/11 | 98 | 256 |
| Operation Golden Gun | 2016/09/25 | | 256 |
| Contact Burts | 2014/12/20 | 353 | 255 |
| The loss of The Kent - a letter in a bottle story | 2016/02/16 | | 251 |
| Adam Straughn (Straw) Waterman (1803 - 1887) | 2016/05/07 | | 241 |
| Celestine's Restaurant | 2016/07/05 | | 228 |
| Nelson's column - Bridgetown, Barbados | 2015/05/13 | 217 | 206 |
| Circuit of Cordillera Huayhuash - Peru | 2014/12/31 | 237 | 199 |
| Boer Camp Pasture - St. Philip | 2015/06/29 | 80 | 198 |
| Feuding Chase brothers vault - Christ Church Parish church, Barbados | 2016/05/02 | | 194 |
| Payload Fairing from Soyuz flight VS13 washes up at Bathsheba 48 days after launch | 2016/02/10 | | 187 |
| Dr. Benjamin Bynoe (1803 - 1865) | 2015/01/16 | 197 | 163 |
| About BajanThings.com website | 2014/12/19 | 235 | 162 |
| Sid Graham. A forgotten Bajan WWII hero (1920 - 2014) | 2015/09/06 | 162 | 155 |
| The Wreck of the SV Nordenskjold | 2015/12/18 | 287 | 155 |
| Old Doll. The Matriarch of Newton Plantation | 2016/07/30 | | 140 |
| The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2015 - Scotland | 2015/06/17 | 186 | 139 |
| Mount Roraima – Venezuela | 2014/12/21 | 160 | 134 |
| Barbados Hiking Association Hill Challenge | 2015/01/23 | 110 | 128 |
| 2nd Lt Walter Tull - first black infantry officer in British Army (1888 – 1918) | 2015/09/13 | 156 | 126 |
| Ben's Spring | 2015/04/02 | 201 | 123 |
| The Wreck of the SV Countess of Ripon | 2015/12/06 | 314 | 112 |
| Hiking with the Barbados National Trust | 2015/01/05 | 258 | 111 |
| Dr. Colin Hudson (1938 - 2004) | 2015/01/12 | 70 | 103 |
| El Calafate & El Chalten - Argentina 2010 | 2015/01/30 | | 103 |
| Keeping fish fresh before refrigeration | 2015/10/26 | 631 | 98 |
| The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2012 & 2013. A 14 day hike across Scotland | 2015/01/11 | 142 | 95 |
| Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991 | 2015/08/31 | 791 | 90 |
| The old Kensington Oval, Barbados - RIP | 2015/03/18 | 230 | 86 |
| The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2015 - Scotland. A walk to the Park! | 2015/05/03 | 362 | 85 |
| Dr. Alain Bombard (1924 – 2005) | 2015/02/04 | 137 | 77 |
| The Seimstrand, St. Vincent & The Grenadines | 2015/05/28 | 864 | 76 |
| Colin Hudson Great Train Hike 2015 | 2015/02/20 | 69 | 74 |
| Scientific Studies of Coral Rock in Barbados | 2015/09/23 | 162 | 74 |
| Mobile & Marine Systems - Barbados | 2015/03/24 | 115 | 72 |
| Hurricane Ivan 2004 - Emergency radio service in Grenada | 2015/04/14 | 77 | 72 |
| Barbados Hiking Association: Sagicor Hill Challenge - 2015 | 2015/04/26 | 131 | 71 |
| Parque Nacional Torres del Paine - Chile | 2016/11/08 | | 70 |
| Run Barbados Marathon Weekend 2016 | 2016/04/06 | | 64 |
| Vice Admiral Henry C. Bovell (1893 - 1963) | 2015/02/02 | 95 | 60 |
| Return to El Calafate & El Chalten - Argentina 2016 | 2016/11/23 | | 58 |
| Crop Over 1988 - Mac Fingall | 2015/04/06 | 63 | 50 |
| Memorials for departed friends | 2015/06/12 | 329 | 50 |
| Samuel Weatherhead (1756 - 1816) | 2015/01/26 | 57 | 48 |
| Run Barbados Marathon - Fri 4 Dec to Sun 6 Dec 2015Fun Mile, 5km, 10km, Half Marathon & Full Marathon | 2015/07/25 | 232 | 48 |
| Boiling Lake hike - Dominica | 2015/03/03 | 66 | 44 |
| Joe Fortes (1863 - 1922) | 2015/01/20 | 192 | 42 |
| Nine Mornings - A St. Vincent and The Grenadines Christmas Tradition | 2016/12/14 | | 40 |
| BOMEX | 2015/01/25 | 34 | 34 |
| William Michael Herbert Greaves (1897 - 1955) | 2015/01/28 | 45 | 31 |
| Antarctica | 2015/01/18 | 25 | 29 |
| A day trip to Mustique - St. Vincent & The Grenadines | 2015/06/03 | 146 | 27 |
| Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania | 2015/02/13 | 50 | 23 |
| Capt. William T. Shorey (1859 - 1919) | 2015/01/19 | 50 | 20 |
| Three Man Well - Woodbourne Valley | 2015/03/11 | 78 | 20 |
| Efficient or Effective customer service? Process gone wrong | 2015/10/12 | 55 | 19 |
| Baby Burts trialling for the Windies cricket team! | 2015/06/10 | 58 | 17 |
| Ushuaia - Argentina | 2015/04/20 | 45 | 12 |
| Bajan & Trini sports ambassadors - HK Sevens, March 2014 | 2015/04/09 | 35 | 11 |
I wish everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and a healthy 2017.
Hopefully those who make vast sums of money producing bombs and bullets with the express aim of killing people in far off countries will find alternative employment.
As John Lennon said, give peace a chance.
William Burton
PS A note for the diary: Monday 11th September 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of the torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay.
Love your closing comments and agree with you 100%!