We started the sound walk off at Forest Hill station (my local station) and while we waited for the whole class to arrive we started the walk by going into the stations under passage. We were given eye masks so that we were only focusing on sound. Personally the sounds in the under passage were my favourite of the whole trip. The sounds started off pretty ambient and were mostly just footsteps and the jangling of people keys/money in their pockets. Occasionally you could hear the train announcer saying “This is the London Overground service to Highbury and Islington” and you could hear the cars passing by both sides. Then instantly the whole tunnel was filled with reverb and a steady pounding four to the floor at around 90bpm kick like sound which was the train passing overhead. I then heard a few women speaking amongst themselves and asking what we were doing under the tunnel, that was followed by the sound of an ambulance’s siren to the east of me. Occasionally I could hear coughing from the public and the light breeze of wind against my ears, I could also hear the crackiling of plastic as a member of public opened something while passing.
We then went around the corner to stand on the side of the train tracks, we stood against the wall nd put our eyes masks on. The first sounds I heard were the chirping of birds and the sound of a hose/carwash coming from infront of me. This was then followed by he sound of a train passing fast by me which sounded more like a whirring and like an aeroplane taking off. There were also trains that went by slower which occasionally had a clicking electrical hiss which is the sound that sometimes comes out of a trains wheels. On the side of the tracks you could also hear the announcements a lot louder and clearer. Opposite the sidewalk were a few workers that were doing sawing and shouting which was pretty loud.
After we headed to Horniman Museam where we would begin to experiment with walking with the blindfolds with a partner.
I found this one hard as I was being lead downhill and kept feeling like I was tripping over stuff.