Yes - you're right. I've confused it with Toddington. That's the last one before the M25 coming south that I used to aim for.
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[Albion] Do people still hitch hike ?
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Yes - you're right. I've confused it with Toddington. That's the last one before the M25 coming south that I used to aim for.
Klaas
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I hitch hiked across Europe in 1992 and used to do it as a teenager if I missed the bus or couldn't get somewhere.
Once picked up by a bloke with hair like this :
He was very, very talkative, and very friendly. He suggested we met and went for a walk on some common the coming Monday. Said he'd bring some beers.
I said that here was fine thanks, see ya.
Once picked up by a bloke with hair like this :
He was very, very talkative, and very friendly. He suggested we met and went for a walk on some common the coming Monday. Said he'd bring some beers.
I said that here was fine thanks, see ya.
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
Nowadays, it more for the retired folk who do this job for fun, normally they pick the vehicle from port or depot, drop off at destination, then go home.
Peter Grummit
Well-known member
Hitched a lot in the early 80s when a student. Once got a single lift from Withdean to Warwick Uni but had to work my passage, helping out with deliveries up the Grand Union Canal. Also, got down to the Cote D'Azure in 2 days, possibly helped by the fact as I was with a 20yo blonde girl. We had a Union flag sign to wave if we saw a GB numberplate and this led to a lift from St Tropez in a British Rolls Royce - not exactly slumming it!
Used to hitch into Brighton from Westdene to save the bus fare and got picked up by a Salford Van Hire full of Mancs slumped in the back - no seats. We beat City 4-0 that day - FAC 1983.
Great thing about hitching - as well as saving money - was you met people and much more memorable than train/coach.
PG
Used to hitch into Brighton from Westdene to save the bus fare and got picked up by a Salford Van Hire full of Mancs slumped in the back - no seats. We beat City 4-0 that day - FAC 1983.
Great thing about hitching - as well as saving money - was you met people and much more memorable than train/coach.
PG
Marty McFly
Seagulls Over Canada
I'm 29 and still hitchhike semi regularly. I think it's something like 150ish+ lifts in 17 countries to date.
Easiest places have been Eastern Canada, New Zealand, and Norway. By the far the hardest - in terms of finding spots, getting rides, and treatment by drivers - has been England.
Easiest places have been Eastern Canada, New Zealand, and Norway. By the far the hardest - in terms of finding spots, getting rides, and treatment by drivers - has been England.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
I used to hitch round Europe when I was 16.
Me and my Girlfriend at the time got a cracking lift from Paris to Biarritz in a Merc with this French bloke who was smuggling opiumated hash to the south.
That ride is a bit of a blur tbh but the bloke was brilliant. He couldn't speak a word of English and our French was remedial but we got on like a house on fire.
The smoke billowing out of his car made us look like we were in a "Cheech and Chong" Movie.
Me and my Girlfriend at the time got a cracking lift from Paris to Biarritz in a Merc with this French bloke who was smuggling opiumated hash to the south.
That ride is a bit of a blur tbh but the bloke was brilliant. He couldn't speak a word of English and our French was remedial but we got on like a house on fire.
The smoke billowing out of his car made us look like we were in a "Cheech and Chong" Movie.