Continuing Activities - Month Six (Part Two)

I finished two FutureLearn courses today.  The first was Working Lives on British Railways: Railway History and Heritage by University of Strathclyde.  This was absolutely fascinating.  I've watched nearly all the series of Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys, which look at the railways both in the past and the present, so I'd seen some things about the railways, and particularly the construction and the effect the coming of the railways had.  This concentrated on the people involved, engine drivers, signalmen, navvies and clerks, and was really instructive.  The presenters were enthusiastic.  There was even a welcome to the course by Sir Jim McDonald, who is principal and vice-chancellor of the university.  They're doing a similar course on mining, which I'm already signed up for and there's another one due on mill working.

The other course I finished was Start Writing Fiction by the Open University, which was okay, but I felt I knew quite a bit from being part of the fanfiction community.  The final assignment is for a short story of up to 1,000 words, which comes up for peer review.  I was relatively happy with what I wrote (discerning readers will spot similarities to some of my fics) and I had two positive reviews, but overall I'm glad the course is finished.

 

( Mrs Smith )