Greetings everyone and welcome to the first of my potted photostream summaries for 2020. January has been a steady if unspectacular month so let's see which pictures and places presented themselves by way of a curtain raiser...
Stridently stealing a march on the competition is the lesser-spotted WME Worcestershire thanks to several giraffe-related arrivals. Worcester Stands Tall was a public art trail that took place in the summer of 2018 so sculptures including A Tall Order, Kneck-er Bocker Glory and Bones all amble into contention. Worcester's Fort Royal Park is also quick to declare its historical significance as the site of a Civil War battle while Droitwich quietly supplies another snap of the Raven Hotel.
Of the regular contributors within the West Midlands county, WME Birmingham has been the most active thus far. Comic book cricketers at Edgbaston therefore accompany some helpings from Harborne (the Hop Garden, the Vine and an old railway line now used as a walkway), not forgetting Gopsal Street in Eastside and Heeley Road in Selly Oak (the obligatory couple of street signs for you).
Staying close-ish to home, WME Dudley collects two Coseley Station bus stops and stakes a claim for Stone Street in Dudley town centre. WME Sandwell clocks in by catching a train at Smethwick Galton Bridge - one of the old Class 150 DMU fleet no longer used on the Stourbridge lines - whereas WME Wolverhampton admires some springtime blossom at East Park before taking a Grand Prix-related spin around the Goodyears estate play area.
Slightly further afield, WME Telford drops in on Doseley whilst WME Shropshire makes the acquaintance of a miniature gardener in Much Wenlock (in the Gaskell Arms's beer garden to be precise). The final word then goes to WME Staffordshire which garners some Gnosall action (a Shropshire Union mileage marker) and happens upon Hinksford for more waterways contemplation, this time involving the Staffs & Worcs Canal. That's about it for January although I'll try to rustle up some February additions in due course - until then, enjoy the pictures!
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