Walsall, Feb 18th. Bigger.
Sunday was the first Black Country Flickrmeet being a tour around Walsall, only the second time I’d ever been there. My knowledge of the area west of Brum is embarrassingly lacking. Or maybe not so embarrassing. After all, Birmingham is a pretty large place. When I lived in Southampton I felt no obligation to get to know Portsmouth though it was only a short train journey away. And, it has to be said, my knowledge of Coventry is equally poor.
But still, there’s this whole urban sprawl out there waiting to be explored which is handy as I’m starting to run out of places in Birmingham. On the last meet in Digbeth I felt like a tour guide, though of course revisiting places is never a bad thing, especially as Birmingham is changing so much these days.
But still, the Black Country has opened up a whole new area of interest and coupled with some developments in my blogging work (more on them later) I’m starting think outside the city boundaries and consider myself more of a West Midlander. Which is quite a development for a Birmingham resident.
The best thing about these Black Country meets is I’ve got nothing to do with them. I just turn up and let others lead the way. Very refreshing!
Of course now we have two monthly meets in the area along with everything else the photographic calendar is getting a little crowded leading to some musings on how we’re going to deal with it all this year. I think it’ll be fine but right now there seems to be a Flickr-related meetup every week, and that’s on top of all the other things going on. S’gonna be a busy year!
“I’m starting think outside the city boundaries and consider myself more of a West Midlander. Which is quite a development for a Birmingham resident.”
Hurray!
That’s a great shot that does Walsall proud!
Try the Black Country living Museum at Dudley. A great day out and lots of photo opportunities.
And top chips and boiled sweets. (Seperately, obviously, not together. That would be wrong.)