Adventures with Asperger's Syndrome

Of places where I like to be, one is on the footplate of a steam locomotive and another is observing the night sky on a clear night. They are both often stereotyped as very Asperger-like interests or fixations, and in many terms, their appeal is understandable to many, not just those on the autism spectrum. This month, Locomotion, the National Railway Museum in Shildon, welcomed a special visiting exhibit, the Soyuz spacecraft in which British Astronaut Major Tim Peake descended back to Earth after his six month stay on the International Space Station.   The Espin Crater on the far side of the Moon A railway museum may seem like an unusual place for a spacecraft to ‘land’, but for me, seeing two of my favourite subjects of interests, that I have been enthusiastic about since when very young come together in one place was no only an obvious thrill, but also an opportunity to see just how inter-connected the two subjects are as well as the legacy that Shildon its surrounding are