This week I've learned a lot about the effect of our immediate environment on the memory and subsequent behaviour, the reason being? I've just moved back to the area I grew up in! What effects have I noticed? My driving has changed...let me explain.

Up until now I've been living in the beautiful and historic town of Canterbury in Kent. About three years ago I was however hit by an innate native lorry driver at a roundabout. The fault was definitely his as I was comfortable enough in my decision to have put my hand-break on. Having said that, I probably won't mess with any vehicle where the visual range is that heavily impaired again - especially at the size it came in!
Initially after the accident I was just relieved that no-one had died. I didn't seem to notice that the crippling neck and Lower back pain I developed a month later might actually be related in some way to the accident! My driving changed dramatically but because I couldn't remember the trigger