Month: June 2012

sun shining through in the woods

Walking…

Sunday again… It’s been a short week, what with the Bank Holiday, but still it feels like I could do with a bit more time off. Yesterday I went to see the Brains: The mind as matter exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. It was quite interesting, and at some times disturbing, to see what humans have done to brains in the course of history. Special mention the video of some brain surgery, which I tried to watch twice and failed, it was a bit too much for me. The jars with brains and tumors, and the different instruments and saws for perforating the skull and cut pieces of brains. After the exhibition, we went to the pub, of course. What I really wanted to write about today is what I did on Bank Holiday Tuesday… I went on a walk in the countryside! The day started by catching the 0915 train to Hastings from Charing Cross. I was on my own and a bit unsure as to what to do, where to go or even …