Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long - Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane

A long road trip in a car provides a lot of time for reflection.

Recently, I took a 10,000-kilometer transcontinental tour with my thirty-something son, Peter.

We chatted, we listened to tunes; we marvelled at the ever-changing landscape and, for long stretches, were left with our own thoughts.

And there were surprises along the way, some of them welcome and others, not so.

Having some sort of mechanical problem is almost a given on a trip of this length.

It is every parents dream to take a road trip in the company of an adult child.

Perhaps more challenging but no less rewarding is an adventure with a teenager.

One of the more famous accounts of such a journey was penned by Robert M. Pirsig in his classic 70s book entitled, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Prior to our trip my brother handed me his copy of the book to read while we traversed the continent.

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Jane Fonda is celebrating more than 30 years in the fitness business She is publishing her entire back catalogue of VHS cassettes digitally To celebrate FEMAIL looks at the change in workout videos from the 1950s

By Caroline Mcguire for MailOnline

Published: 09:28 EST, 21 January 2015 | Updated: 12:20 EST, 21 January 2015

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In the 1980s, Jane Fonda was indisputably the aerobics queen.

The Hollywood star released her first exercise video in 1982 and promptly sold 17 million copies - she has been widely credited for launching the fitness craze that spread across America and Britain in the Eighties.

Jane, now 77, is celebrating more than 30 years in the business by publishing her entire back catalogue of VHS cassettes as DVDs and digital downloads.

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