King of the road

Having once attended a weekend course in digger driving -my then editor's idea of a joke, I think - I can vouch for the fact that operating earth-moving equipment is both challenging and enjoyable. Playing with Dig'n Rigs, a toy-plus-programme Playset (Hasbro Interactive & Tonka, £29.99), may not be quite as exciting, but it does give a flavour of what working life is like in a truck driver's cab. Introduced by Tonka Joe, a construction worker, the programme puts you behind the wheel of four different vehicles: a bulldozer, a front loader, a crane (with wrecking ball) and an excavator....