Oddly, just got a very weird email from someone who had decided that My Blackheath was a front for the local traders of Blackheath. Silly to say the least, but not very nice, the only thing missing was a pointy finger.
The gist of their point was as we remained enigmatic (which is the fine tradition of both the Greenwich Phantom and the Blackheath Bugle), then we must be; a secret society, the local Chamber of Commerce or up to no good - perhaps even all three?
To the first one; we have no odd handshakes and both of our trouser legs are the same length. To the second, is there a local Chamber of Commerce? To the third, we do walk on the grass from time-to-time, after all it is such a lovely heath.
For those who are having sleepless nights over our highly positive blog about the things worth celebrating in Blackheath, we make no apology for your insomnia.
We love living here, love the local businesses, who need a great deal of support, especially in recent times. We want to play our part in adding some positivity in what can be a nasty world at the best of times.
For the 99% of our readers who prefer sunshine to rain, normal service will now resume.
If you find our joy and positivity too much, then of course we're just one click away to something more up your street!
UPDATE: Little did we think that starting a blog about the place we call home (and have done for 5 years) would cause a small, yet vocal, minority to write emails and comments, which have varied from the downright rude and hateful, to just plain silly condescension. We're not sure which cage we rattled, but it seems starting a blog in Blackheath is a politically charged event!
To decide to remain anonymous is only allowed for certain blogs, anyone else has to scan and show their birth certificate. Apparently because this blog is written in the 'we' it must be corporate. Or of course it might be written by a couple? Or a family? It is one of the aforementioned, as of course Blackheath does have a few couples and families, although to some writing in the plural denotes a corporate voice! Idiots!
Today we were then told not to 'presume' we could write in the same anonymous style of other bloggers, as they were lofty and illustrious bloggers who had the experience to earn that right. However we were then told that over time as we became more experienced at blogging, then we would find 'our voice'. A second point about the 'we' that run this blog, one of us already has a hugely successful blog with over 1 million (yep you read that right) readers a year, one of the 'we' speaks on blogging to people around the world. However we felt we wanted to write our Blackheath one as a way of giving back to our community.
The last week has been odd, my partner and I have thought today 'f*ck it, do we need this sh*t?', but then we decided, we're doing this for the many people who enjoy what we do and from our stats so far, that's quite a lot of people.
Furthermore, if you think you need to defend the established blogs, then you may be doing more harm than good. We feel sure the other bloggers wouldn't want to be associated with such petty parochialism and we don't imagine for one minute you're their stooges.
Sorry to inflict this crap on most of you, we just had to get it off our chest. So no comments, we don't have the energy to sift through silly, self important crap. If you still feel the need to email that sh*t to us then please feel free to do so, although don't expect a reply.
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