This month's digest starts with a veritable deluge on WME Shropshire, not usually the most free-flowing of my galleries but it can't be accused of drying up this time around. Shifnal opened the floodgates initially, pouring through with shots of Church Street Garage, the Old Corn Mill and the White Hart's dartboard. Similar surges have likewise been evident from Shrewsbury thanks to Grope Lane, Milk Street, St Mary's Place and Charles Darwin's statue.
Also keeping the tap firmly turned on is WME Staffordshire where the Shropshire Union Canal near Brewood has been making something of a splash. Several bridges have gamely dived in, supplemented by arrivals from Rugeley (Power Station signage, the Rusty Barrel, a Bass lamp at the Vine Inn), Shelton (Queen Anne Street) and Burton (Shobnall Road near the Marston's Brewery).
Exploration Extra and WME Walsall have been liberal with their respective watering cans, showering us with additions near and far. The near is represented by Rushall courtesy of the Manor Arms, the Farmers Boy and Radley Road, not forgetting a handful of locks on the Rushall Canal. The far sees Exploration Extra pooling pictures from Welshpool (the Raven, Brooks Cycles showroom), Weymouth (two more bus running day exhibits) and York City's former Bootham Crescent home ground.
Elsewhere, WMEs Warwickshire and Dudley have managed to top up their tanks too. WME Warwickshire raids its reservoir of Rugby goodies to account for the Crafty Banker micropub, the Wheeltapper and a Stagecoach bus depot snap, whilst WME Dudley drops in on Sedgley for another look at the Sarah Hughes Brewery. All Saints Church, the Swan pub and Setton Drive similarly help to swell the Sedgley set.
Things are altogether less gushing where WMEs Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Sandwell are concerned. Rayleigh Road and a Rakegate bus stop plop neatly into position on WME Wolverhampton whereas WME Birmingham squirts in some samples from Selly Oak, namely the new(ish) Sainsbury's store and a tree-themed peek at Selly Oak Park. Brum also leaks through two more Big Sleuth bears (with greetings from The Bear That Cares outside the Children's Hospital), leaving WME Sandwell to drench itself with Ryders Green Locks and some Desi Pub beermats from Smethwick.
We finish with those galleries that have generated nothing more than a trickle of late, although any new pictures at all still count as progress of sorts. WME Telford supplies a solitary splosh (the Toby Carvery at Shawbirch), as does WME Solihull thanks to Malvern Park. That just leaves WME Worcestershire popping in the plughole with a Redditch trio involving St Stephen's Church and the Mayfly estate pub - and that's everything drained for this month.
