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→Hitching East towards Lyon
Hitching out of Clermont-Ferrand had been rather difficult as at least one good gas station had been closed (September 2010) due to construction works. Anyway, there are two possibilities, use signs both times.
1) Try the gas station towards the highway on Rue Anatole France (close to Rue de CourmonCournon). You can also try asking the people (which usually works), but take care with the gas station guys. Anyway: write THIERS Thiers on the sign, this is the next bigger city on the A72.
2) Walk to the Michelin factory in Montferrand and try standing at Boulevard Edgar Quinet; cars can easily pull out there and we had one stopping after only 5 minutes waiting. Make sure you stand in sight and there are no parked buses in the way. A sign with LYON should work fine, but still consider using 'THIERSThiers' in case.
The next gas station on the A72 is '''Limagne''', it's before the city of Thiers. From there on you get easily further to St. Eienne and Lyon.
