Vaughan: When you sit on a bus, do you read a book or look out of the window?

Me: I always look out of the window.

Vaughan: Good.

Vaughan: And when you sit on a train, do you sit facing forwards or backwards?

Me: Forwards, only because I feel sick if I sit backwards. Why do you ask?

Vaughan: When you sit forwards, what you are faced with visually has already gone past you before you have time to appreciate it. It is already upon you. When you sit facing backwards, you can linger for longer. You have time to take in what is around you, you can look at where you have come from. It is very difficult to look at where you are going.