Hitching the M74
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(senseless)
1 Fullarton roundabout; Tolcross, Glasgow City Centre (average)
- Closest spot to start from coming out of Glasgow, but no shoulders. Botwell services is better.
2 Shettleston, Cambuslang (Northbound exit)- 3 Tannochside (Southbound exit)
4 M73, Stirling, Kincardine Bridge
Botwell Services Southbound only (good)- 5 Bellshill, Coatbridge
- Hamilton Services Nouthbound only
- 6 Hamilton, Motherwell
- 7 Lanark, Larkhall (Southbound exit)
- 8 Kilmarnock, Edinburgh (Northbound: Larkhall)
- 9 Kirkmuirhill (Southbound exit)
- 10 Kirkmuirhill (Northbound exit)
- 11 Edinburgh, Ayr (Southbound exit)Cairnlodge Services
- 12 Edinburgh, Ayr (Northbound exit)Cairnlodge Services
- 13 Edinburgh, Lanark, Abington Services (very good)
- This is where one needs to get off the M74 when hitching from England towards Edinburgh.
- 14 Crawford, Thornhill
- 15 Moffat, Dumfries (Southbound: Selkirk)
- 16 Johnstonebridge, Annandale Water Services
- 17 Lockerbie (Southbound: Dumfries)
- 18 Lockerbie, Dumfries (Northbound exit)
- 19 Ecclefechan
- 20 Eaglesfield, Annan, Kirtlebridge
- 21 Kirkpatrick Fleming, Kirtlebridge, Canonbie
- Gretna Green Services
- 22 Gretna, Gretna Green, Longtown (Northbound: Dumfries, Stranraer
- --> M6 (England)