Teribus I am unaware of where you live but take my advice if you are ever in the area of `Brum and find yourself slighty tipsy, please do what me and my mate does and ring for a taxi.
It is a few years now, from I walked home from my local, the streets around my area of`Brum are definitely no go after dark, and more so at the weekend, there must be the odd person on this site who is familiar with Birmingham,tell me if I am wrong.