•Pick an object ahead (say a lamp post), close your eyes and say 'Now!' when you think you are beside it.

•Every time you spot a flag you make a blowing sound like the noise of a flag blowing in the wind. Keeping score individually or by teams.

•Every time you spot an umbrella you say 'rain, rain'. Again keeping score individually or by teams.

•The animal game is the one where you get a point for every live animal you spot on the roadside. In the countryside it can get kind of silly with all the cows in fields you'll pass, but it's amusing for about half an hour.

•Pick an odd colour and keep a sharp eye out for that same coloured vehicle. It's amusing and surprising just how many purple cars there are on the roads.

•Foreign car spotting is another favourite - the more you see the more points you get.