October Updates so far

I'm on holiday next week, so I've spent the last few days trying to tidy up some loose ends on WME with a few more updates thrown in for good measure. There's a fair bit to tell you about...

• Beginning with WME Wolverhampton as per usual. There's a bit more canal coverage as two photos of Cable Street Bridge join the Birmingham Main Line Collection, and views of the locks at Compton and Wightwick Mill join the Staffs & Worcs. And there's yet more new stuff from Wednesfield Park on Exploring Wednesfield. Thankfully, no signs this time, just a couple of shots amongst the flowerbeds (oo-er!)
  
• Onto WME Birmingham next, and here there's a new addition to Birmingham by Bus in the form of the 156 at Perry Barr, after many edits I might add. I've also added a new collection Exploring Stockland Green. Its always great to add in new local collections, and this one is no exception. There are two nice shots of Stockland Green Bingo, and I've finally got a home for my photo of the bird statue at Brookvale Park. Great!
  
• Next stop, WME Walsall. Progress here sees two views of local shops joining Exploring Bentley, a collection that is slowly growing into a useful pictorial view of the estate.
  
• Looking now at WME Dudley, and yet more bus additions. Unsurprisingly, they concentrate on the usual Dudley by Bus locations, Halesowen and Stourbridge. These two places dominate the collection even more now, with Halesowen staking its claim with four shots of the Ludlow's 006 route and two views of the 210. Stourbridge might feel a little left out by only getting one new photo, with the 240 getting an airing. I could do with more photos at other locations but the archive won't allow that as things stand.
  
• Still on the bus theme, I move onto WME Sandwell where Sandwell by Bus does get a new location joining the ranks thanks to a shot through the drizzle of the 124 at Cradley Heath from Rog trip 2
  
• Not to be left out, WME Coventry gets a single new recruit, as a further train photo joins the Coventry Station collection.
  
• WME Solihull had been effectively left to hibernate over the last couple of months, but it has risen from its slumbers now. Firstly, another train photo joins Shirley Station, and there are also train photo additions to Marston Green Station after a bit of trawling through the archive layers. With no hint of fanfare, I can announce the arrival of a new collection for Birmingham International Station, currently including a platform view and an onboard shot of the SkyRail interior. The challenge now will be to keep the gallery from going back to sleep...
  
• Into the wider WME region now as I call in on WME Staffordshire. Additions here to Staffordshire by Bus, showing the 825 at Lichfield and at Rugeley - the Rugeley shot is a particular favourite. Lichfield City also benefits from me tweaking the archive with two more Cross City train photos, and not forgetting Cannock Station - a new collection for a station that is actually very forgettable indeed. Still, its there now...
  
• A quick stop on WME Worcestershire just to mention that a further train photo has joined the new Foregate Street collection
  
• And finally for this mad ramble, Exploration Extra and the Cornwall collection - no, not a range of farmer's clothing, but instead a transport related snapshot of the county that now includes two more bus photos, the 18 at Truro and an Eden Project shuttle outside St Austell Station

Well then, did you keep up? I think I can safely say there's a fair bit of progress there, and that I might just about have deserved a holiday. Hopefully you'll agree, and I'll aim to be back in updating action later this month. Enjoy the updates...