By jingo both of these cars can fairly shift!

The guy in the 911 really knows where to place it on the track to ensure the seemingly faster Viper can’t squeeze past.

The Nurburgring seems to be one of the few tracks where you see all classes of cars on track at the same time - in this clip there are not only the two GT3 cars which feature, but also a collection from practically every other manufacturer from Lambourghini and BMW right down to Opel Corsas and Ford Fiestas.

How a book presents itself in the shop means a lot to me as far as books go, which is perhaps wrong but there you go.

Something could be the best written story in the world but if I don’t like how it looks then it’s going to be left on the shelf.

I have a few different criteria on how to choose a book when in a shop - this changes slightly if I’m buying from Amazon or somewhere else online - but in a shop, the size of the book matters, the price, the font and also the cover.

Okay, just four more needed before the end of June to keep me on track for the thirty books this year - it may be possible after all.

I think was by far my favourite Spook’s Apprentice book yet. The story takes him out of his usual setting in the County which makes things a bit more interesting as it also means he has to contend with new friends and also new enemies.

His new friend is a different Spook, Bill Arkwright, and his new enemies are mainly water-based as opposed to the land-dwellers he has had to deal with in the past.

Okay, things are trundling along at a better pace now. The end of next month sees me half way through the year (where has it gone?) so to be totally on track for reading 30 books by the end of the year, my total come the 30th June should really be 15.

Which means the rest of May and the whole of June have to be good reading months - I need to get through 5 books!

Unsurprisingly, given the title, this book follows on the tale of the Spook’s Apprentice, Tom Ward, from the last book I read.

This week has seen another professional footballer hitting the headlines following some drunken escapades on a night out.

This time the player in question is Ledley King, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur but in the recent past we have seen similar stuff from players on the books of various clubs.

Of course, it often seems to be players of London clubs making most of the news but then again most of the paparazzi frequent the capital’s hotspots so I guess that shouldn’t be much of a surprise.