Yet again no blogs for almost a week. Excuse this time: I've been on the "Northern Gems" tour. Manchester? Leeds? Newcastle? No. Mansfield, Whitby and Goathland. Basically 6 men getting very drunk for four days. I know I need to pay more attention to this site and get some articles written but I just feel like a little R&R after a year in contract. I also need to move house and get settled so it's going to be a while longer I'm afraid Mr Hernandez ;o)

The guy second from left might be familiar to anybody who watches Fifth Gear. The perk of being a motoring journalist includes the free use of brand new cars. This week we've been travelling in the luxury of the new Volswagen Touareg. There's only one in the country, as featured on this week's episode. It's a huge powerhouse of an SUV with a 4 litre V10 that's apparently the most powerful diesel engine in the world (+300BHP). Handy for getting us fat lads round the North Yorkshire moors.

Anyway the reason I mention this is that it came with a satellite navigation system. I've never seen one before and have always been sceptical of how well they actually work. Having used Mapblast's suggested route feature only added to this. Anyway, they do work. Yesterday we went to Scarborough to drop off some stuff for Justin (second from right). None of us had a clue where Vine St was so we thought we'd give it a shot. After getting our heads round the interface a nice lady started telling us exactly how to get there. "Take the next left in 100 yards". It takes a lot for anything technological to impress me but I was amazed.

Hell, I should be doing Adrian's job. If only I could talk to video cameras...