We're nearly a whole month into 2024 and how are those New Year's Resolutions of yours bearing up? Hmm, crashed and burned already, I thought as much! The West Midlands Exploration Flickr photostream hasn't attempted anything outlandishly different, instead merely plugging away with the usual diet of pictures...
Saying that, it is unusual for WME Solihull to keep stealing the spotlight (it has been my first gallery to be mentioned two digests in a row now). This rare accolade has been earned with assorted items from Solihull town centre itself, most notably St Alphege's Church framed by springtime blossom - it won't be long before we see the pretty petals again - as well as Homer Road, School Lane and the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St Mary & Archangel Michael.
Solihull can't lay claim to all of our January plaudits so our next big fanfare goes to WME Staffordshire which has been solidly stockpiling items from Stafford, Trysull and Uttoxeter. Among these are the Tap Steakhouse off Sandon Road, Trysull Holloway with Seisdon Road for company, and the back room of the ever-beguiling Vaults pub (that long-time purveyor of lovely Draught Bass). Trescott tickles in a Shop Lane street sign whereas Tutbury tempts us with the New Inn, seen prior to Black Country Ales making it the 50th establishment under their ownership.
Canal considerations are the main motivation where WME Warwickshire is concerned, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal having supplied a dozen or so fresh arrivals. All of these are taken from the lock flight between Lapworth and Lowsonford for a veritable study in balance beams and bridge numbers - I'm nothing if not predictable! Whether a glimpse of the Metroline Bridge on the Tame Valley Canal for WME Sandwell is more or less exciting is open to debate...
Sticking with the Black Country, WME Wolverhampton accounts for a Tettenhall Massalla cat and a Tettenhall Wood coffee shop (Vanilla) while WME Walsall scouts around for bus depot detritus and memories of what used to be the Horse & Jockey off Bloxwich Road. WME Dudley samples Stourbridge for the Peplow & Son jewellery shop frontage, and there's a sneaky sighting of St Andrew's Church on The Straits for good measure.
What does that leave us with? Ah yes, those galleries which need to make it their resolution to up their game when it comes to photographic additions. WME Birmingham did admittedly grab a Stockland Green dartboard for its only January arrival; likewise WME Coventry called in on Tile Hill Library for a picture that dates back to 2008. Fingers crossed that February can keep those updates filing in - until then, enjoy the pictures...
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