2020 is not a year I'd be inclined to repeat in a hurry and November looks all set to be another tumultuous month, what with US Presidential Elections plus the imminent imposition of further national lockdown measures. Amidst all the strife, the West Midlands Exploration photostream just keeps merrily plodding along but has it been trick or treat as regards the latest arrivals???
No sign of any spooky goings-on at Exploration Extra although there are rumblings from Lancashire and Gloucestershire to report. Cleveleys and Fleetwood lead the Lancs charge - cue the King's Own Old Comrades Club, St Peter's Church and the famous Fleetwood Market - whereas Gloucester gathers up some rugby-related street art (Scotland vs Japan no less). There's even a Scrumpty soldier statue called Old Bragg who effectively resembles a regimental cross between Humpty Dumpty and a rugby ball!
Ghostly apparitions have likewise been scarce over at WME Birmingham which has been more concerned about Cannon Hill Park and Digbeth. The former contributes a swan-shaped pedalo and some pretty planting, the latter accounts for Little Ann Street and the former Market Tavern. Also of a Brum persuasion is the Crane pub at Cranes Park (a Hungry Horse chain effort near Sheldon) and our firm favourite Calthorpe Park, exhibiting yet more examples of Edgbaston springtime blossoms.
Perhaps WMEs Dudley and Walsall can ramp up the fear factor? I wouldn't call Caldmore scary as such, nor Delves or Chuckery for that matter as WME Walsall collects some ceramic signage (Delves Road, Moncrieffe Street) alongside a Little London mechanics premises. WME Dudley takes equally as much delight in presenting a few more pictures of Delph Locks while the lovely Bull & Bladder is the stuff of dreams rather than nightmares! Make mine a Batham's Best Bitter please.
How about the ever-reliable WME Wolverhampton? Nope, by its usual standards this goes down as a relatively quiet month that is severely lacking in witches, wizards and other magical creatures. Snowy scenes from Bushbury Hill and Cable Street tiles from Monmore Green aren't probably worth howling about to be fair, and it's a similar tale from WME Staffordshire where a Castle Mona dartboard and two Cheslyn Hay boozers are safely pocketed without too much screaming.
Even the stragglers are far from being frightening. WME Sandwell drops in on Cradley Heath's Mary MacArthur Gardens for two tastes of tree trunk scenery, WME Coventry ponders the Phoenix as a city centre watering hole and finally WME Shropshire calls in on Claverley for a finger post offering. October thus drifts into photostream history without any major hauntings and we brace ourselves to see what November brings instead - until next time, enjoy the photos...
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