If the WME photostream were a sports tournament then Exploration Extra has snuck in via the back door with a very late bid for qualification. We've heard nothing from the gallery all year and then suddenly come November it springs back to life as if it has never been away. Amongst a dozen fresh arrivals I'm pleased to see more items from Arnside (2010 family holiday memories of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks plus the village's railway station) and Alsager, which gets my Rail Rover 2021 album underway thanks to the local war memorial. A batch of bus pictures includes the 2C at Ruabon, the 25a at Oxford and a vintage BCT Daimler visiting Acocks Green Garage.
Any photostream competition would automatically have WME Wolverhampton installed as the heavy favourite, and it maintains the usual rate of progress with a handful of additions. Tettenhall and Tettenhall Wood have both been among the scorers, expertly assisted by Woodcote Road, whereas Woodcross stakes its claim upon the Horse & Jockey public house on Robert Wynd. A Bushbury street sign representing Wood Lane probably ranks as my least exciting offering of the month but even this isn't quite as boring as that 0-0 stalemate vs the USA.
As well as WME Wolves has performed, it is upstaged on this occasion by a stellar showing from WME Dudley. Wordsley has emerged as our star striker, setting its sights on the Golden Boot by powering home goals involving Rectory Street, the New Inn and the former Wordsley Hospital grounds. Stourbridge Locks have maintained a steady supply of ammunition too (numbers 3, 7 and 8 especially) plus there's a second welcome appearance from the X96 bus at Wollaston.
The other competitors have been suspiciously quiet and are presumably saving their energies ready for a full tilt at glory. WME Staffordshire and WME Worcestershire have at least got in on the action, providing Wombourne nativity characters and Stourport canal locks respectively, and that just leaves WME Birmingham scoring a solitary consolation goal in the form of the Woodman's dartboard; sadly the pub has closed down recently, a casualty of the cost of living crisis and ongoing HS2 development. What sporting drama might unfold in December?
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