UltrasonicNXT
Joined 16 April 2017
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I'm a student and hitchhiker from Guildford near London in the UK, and currently live in Sheffield. I'm part of the committee that runs Bummit - a society at the university of sheffield that runs the word's biggest student charity hitchhike with hundreds of participants annually. I'm really passionate about hitchiking and now use it as my main form of long distance traffic within the UK.
Here I will keep a list of all the hitches I have ever made, mainly for my benefit but it may be of interest to you
Start | Drop off | Wait time | Vehicle | Notes |
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Sheffield somewhere near the canals | Leicester forest east services | |||
Leicester forest east services | Toddington services | |||
Toddington services | Thurrock services | |||
Sheffield Sheaf St | M1 jnct 34 | |||
M1 jnct 34 northbound on-slip | Wooley edge | |||
Wooley edge | Durham services | |||
Durham services | Newcastle city centre | |||
Newcastle Jesmond Rd | North shields ferry port | |||
Amsterdam hitchplatz | Hilversum services | 20m | ||
Hilversum services | ___ services | 1hr30 | ||
___ services | Holten | 30m | ||
Almelo rlly sta | B&B | 0m | ||
Almelo south | ___ petrol sta | 50m | ||
___ petrol sta | Hengelo (hotel) | 40m | ||
Helgelo (hotel) | services before Oldenzaal | 5m | ||
services before Oldenzaal | Magdegan services | 1hr30 | ||
Magdegen services | Berlin Ferch Lienewitz rlly sta | 1hr | ||
Berlin Michendorf services | Poznan services | 35m | ||
Poznan services | Poznan | 40m | ||
Poznan south | Koscian | 1hr40 | ||
Koscian | Lezno petrol sta | 0m | ||
Lezno petrol sta | Psie Pole | 5m | ||
Psie Pole | Wroclaw hostel | 10m | ||
Psie Pole | Lodz | 40m | ||
Lodz | Kutno | 40m | ||
Kutno | Torun | 1hr30 | ||
Torun | Grudziadz toll | 2h | though only 5m once at a good spot | |
Grudziadz toll | Losin | 10m | ||
Losin | Kisielice | 1hr20 | ||
Kisielice | Olsztyn | 5m | ||
Olsztyn | Mragowo | 15m | ||
Mragowo | Elk | 0m | ||
Elk | Augustov | 40m | ||
Augustov | past Suwalki | 1hr | ||
past Suwalki | Kryzkalnis | 30m | ||
Kryskalnis | Siauliai | 5m | ||
Siauliai | Joniskis | 40m | ||
Joniskis | Riga | 15m | ||
Sheffield Saville St before jnct w Spital Hill | M1 jnct 34 | 15m | ||
M1 jnct 34 | Wooley edge services | 30m | ||
Wooley edge services | Scotch corner services | 20m | competition | |
Scotch corner services | Dunbar | 1hr45 | had competition | |
Sheffield Shoreham St | Tibshelf | 15m | ||
Tibshelf | Leicester forest east | 30m | ||
Leicester forest east | Watford gap | 15m | ||
Watford gap | Chesham rlly sta | 15m | ||
Chiswick roundabout | Heston services | 20m | ||
Heston services | Bristol | 2hr45 | ||
Bristol cribbs causeway | Michaelwood services | 2hr | ||
Michaelwood services | Trowell services | 45m | ||
Trowell services | Sheffield hunter's bar | 1hr15 | ||
Sheffield Saville St before jnct w Spital Hill | M1 jnct 34 | 30m | ||
M1 jnct 34 | Wooley Edge services | 1hr | 30min fail near the junction, success near McD | |
Wooley Edge | North Shields ferry port | 2hr | went a very long way out of their way | |
Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg | Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3 | 1hr30 | unlucky | |
Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3 | Utrecht | 5m | ||
Utrecht Bunnik | Services near Venlo | 5m | ||
Services near Venlo | Bamburger services | 1hr30 | ||
Bamburger services | Services outside Mainz | 50m | ||
Services outside Mainz | Mainz | 45m | rejected a few lifts to Mainz at first but then decided to take one | |
Heidelberg center | Services south of Stuttgart | 5m | ||
Services south of Stuttgart | Ulm services | 5m | ||
Ulm services | Augsburg services | 45m | ||
Augsburg services | Munich | 35m | offered many lifts with <3 spaces | |
Munich Machtlfingerstrasse | Stamberg | 20m | ||
Stamberg | Weilheim | 15m | ||
Weilheim | Murnau | 15 | ||
Murnau | Garmisch | 20 | 2 stopped at once! | |
Garmish | Sterzing/Vipiteno | 15m | ||
Sterzing/Vipiteno | Toll before Brixen | 15m | ||
Toll before Brixen | Brunico | 15m | ||
Brunico | Hotel Dolomitenhof | 20m | ||
Hotel Dolomitenhof | Udine | 15m | ||
Udine centre (eastern ring) | South of Udine | 1hr | ||
South of Udine | Buttrio | 40m | ||
Buttrio | San Giovanni | 35m | ||
San Giovanni | Ronchi dei Legionari | 35m | ||
Ronchi dei Legionari | Trieste | 15m | ||
Trieste | Zadar | 5m | ||
Zadar | Pakostane | 1hr10 | ||
Pakostane | Sibenik | 15m | ||
Sibenik | Split | 25m | ||
Eindhoven Floraplein | Heerlen | 5m | ||
Maastricht Viaductweg rlly bridge | Eindhoven | 30m | ||
London Staples corner | Northampton services | 30m | ||
Northampton services | Sheffield | 5m | ||
Sheffield ring road after interchange with Wicker | Failure | 40m | rejected 2 offers to parkway/M1 junction | |
Sheffield Shoreham street | M1 jnct 31 (Aston/Worksop) | 20m | rejected 1 offer to parkway/M1 junction | |
M1 junction 31 from Worksop direction | failed | 35m | bad place do not try | |
M1 junction 31 from Sheffield direction | Woodall services | 20m | better | |
Woodall services | Oxford rlly station | 0m | man noticed I was hitchhiking before I started and offered! | |
Paris Aire de Lisses | Chalon-sur-Saone | 15m | MFC | |
Chalon-sur-Saone | Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts | 10m | MV | |
Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts | Tournus | 5m | MFV | |
Tournus | Macon | 3m | ||
Macon | Somewhere | 3m | ||
Somwhere | Belleville peage | 5m | MFC | |
Belleville peage | Lyon centre | 3m | MC | |
L'isle D'abeau peage | Grenoble | 2m | MC | |
Vizelle toll | Bourg d'oisans | 20sec | ||
Bourg d'oisans | La Paute | 5m | MFC | |
La Paute | Bourg d'oisans | 5m | MC | |
Bourg d'oisans | Le Clapier | 10m | FFC | |
Le Clapier | Bottom of Les 2 Alpes | 35m | MV | But only 2m once sign changed from La Grave to Mont de Lans |
Bottom of Les 2 Alpes | Villar d'Arrene | 3m | MC | |
Casset | Briancon | 3m | MV | |
Briancon | Savines-le-Lac | 2m | MFC | |
Savines-le-Lac | Les Chappas | 5m | MV | 1m when sign changed from Saint Vincent to La Sauze |
Les Chappas | 1m | MC | ||
Montclar | 4m | MBC | ||
Montclar | Seyne | 15m | MC | |
Seyne | Aix-en-Provence | 15m | MFC | |
Montpellier obelisk | Cassis | 4m | MV | |
Cassis | Montpellier Obelisk | 3m | MC |