Surviving long car journeys (without the internet)

I have been a very busy lady over the weekend and these past few days. Makes a nice change! On Saturday, me and my dad took the long trip up to Scotland and back all in one day to get the rest of my belongings. It was painful! More so because within the first 20 minutes of setting off, Orange decided to cut my phone off. Nothing to do with me not paying my bill of course... I didn't think I would survive the journey without the use of the internet. It is true that we're all a little too reliant on it these days but it does have its uses, like entertaining me when I'm bored in the car. I had to come up with some more creative and unusual ways to keep myself occupied and I would like to share some of these in case anyone finds themselves in this situation too!

○ Say each town name you pass in a Scottish accent. Or really any accent of your choice. On the way back from Ayr, we passed a town called 'Ae' and had lots of fun trying out all the ways it could be pronounced. I still have no clue...

○ Give each sheep a different name and back story. Barbara and Ken from Dumfries were my personal favourites.

○ SLEEP. This can go either way really. Sometimes you can sleep through a good chunk of the journey and it's awesome. Most of the time I fall asleep, think I've been out for ages then wake up and realise we've only covered about 20 miles and now I've just got a sore neck.

○ Play Candy Crush. I am officially an addict. The creators are very sneaky allowing the game to be played without the use of the internet. Now there's nowhere to hide; no excuses!! Arrrghhhhh!

○ DO NOT take the long route. Advice that my dad doesn't seem to ever listen to. For a reason still unknown, he decided to take the 'tourist route' back from Ayr which added a good half an hour on to the journey and ensured that we were stuck behind all the slow tractors/cars/lorries/general divs on the road.

○ Complain about the slow tractors/cars/lorries/general divs on the road. This takes up a good portion of any journey. Strangely enough, when I'm driving I get really bad road rage but when I'm the passenger it tends to really annoy me when the driver gets angry at other vehicles. I can see where I get it from being in the car with my dad!

○ The carrot game! Allow me to explain... my brother and sister used to play this game when they were younger and now it has been passed down to me and anyone who is in the car with us. The rules are simple: every time you see a windsock (aka 'a carrot') you have to pretend to eat it so you win a point. The person with the most points at the end of the journey wins, of course. Yes, we are all insane.

○ Eat. Pretty much my favourite pass time anyway. Travelling is a great excuse to eat lots of junk food. You can't beat a good greasy burger or fry up from a truck stop!

○ Cringe over my dad's strange comments. "Aww look at those cute little calves..... They'll be steak in a couple of months mmmm!"

○ Read. I unfortunately can't do this because I get travel sick really easily. It is devastating! Such a great way to pass the time, which is why I have to think of all these silly other ways instead.

○ Sing along to the radio/CDs. Loud. CDs work better because you're more likely to know all the words and can really belt some tunes out. Radio has the bonus of allowing you to moan about some of the trash that's considered music nowadays though.

○ Constantly work out how far you've come and how long you have left to go. The adult version of, "Are we there yet?"

These are just a few ideas you can entertain yourself with. Alternatively, pay your phone bill and you can spend the whole trip on Facebook. Problem solved!