The award goes to...

We the management of howes-house.co.uk hereby announce that the award for the first non-Norwegian to post a comment on this site goes to Mr Sam Donoghue of Basildon, Essex, UK. Well done Sam!

Come on the Brits. Let's be 'avin you (as our favourite chef once said).

These Norwegians can be like crazy people when it comes to posting comments on blog sites. Some have been known to write up to 250 per hour, pausing only to inhale breath and blink from time to time, their intelligence networks simultaneously monitoring billions of blog sites for new posts upon which they can swoop like vultures with their commenting fingers.

Having said all that, Norway - we love you, because no one can fail to feel good about all those comments that say "hey, Howeses, some people really do care about your news."

PS - the aforementioned Sam Donoghue is currently walking from London to Lands End to raise money for the charity he works for. If you'd like to sponsor him, I can pass on your info!