User:UltrasonicNXT
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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 | MMC | |
Helgelo (hotel) | services before Oldenzaal | 5m | WC | |
services before Oldenzaal | Magdegan services | 1hr30 | ML | |
Magdegen services | Berlin Ferch Lienewitz rlly sta | 1hr | MV | initially signed for Magdegen not Berlin |
Berlin Michendorf services | Poznan services | 35m | WC | |
Poznan services | Poznan | 40m | WGC | |
Poznan south | Koscian | 1hr40 | ||
Koscian | Lezno petrol sta | 0m | WC | |
Lezno petrol sta | Psie Pole | 5m | ||
Psie Pole | Wroclaw hostel | 10m | MC | |
Psie Pole | Lodz | 40m | MWC | |
Lodz | Kutno | WWC | 40m | |
Kutno | Torun | MWBC | 1hr30 | MWBC |
Torun | Grudziadz toll | 2h | MWC | though only 5m once at a good spot |
Grudziadz toll | Losin | 10m | MC | |
Losin | Kisielice | 1hr20 | ||
Kisielice | Olsztyn | 5m | ||
Olsztyn | Mragowo | 15m | ||
Mragowo | Elk | 0m | ||
Elk | Augustov | 40m | ||
Augustov | past Suwalki | 1hr | ||
past Suwalki | Kryzkalnis | 30m | MV | |
Kryskalnis | Siauliai | 5m | MMC | |
Siauliai | Joniskis | 40m | MWC | |
Joniskis | Riga | 15m | MC | |
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 | MWC | went a very long way out of their way |
Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg | Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3 | 1hr30 | MC | unlucky |
Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3 | Utrecht | 5m | MC | |
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 | MMC | offered many lifts with < 3 spaces |
Munich Machtlfingerstrasse | Stamberg | 20m | MWC | |
Stamberg | Weilheim | 15m | ||
Weilheim | Murnau | 15m | ||
Murnau | Garmisch | 20 | MWC | 2 stopped at once! |
Garmish | Sterzing/Vipiteno | 15m | MC | |
Sterzing/Vipiteno | Toll before Brixen | 15m | ||
Toll before Brixen | Brunico | 15m | ||
Brunico | Hotel Dolomitenhof | 20m | ||
Hotel Dolomitenhof | Udine | 15m | WC | |
Udine centre (eastern ring) | South of Udine | 1hr | MWC | |
South of Udine | Buttrio | 40m | MC | |
Buttrio | San Giovanni | 35m | ||
San Giovanni | Ronchi dei Legionari | 35m | ||
Ronchi dei Legionari | Trieste | 15m | MC | |
Trieste | Zadar | 5m | MWC | |
Zadar | Pakostane | 1hr10 | ||
Pakostane | Sibenik | 15m | ||
Sibenik | Split | 25m | ML | |
Eindhoven Floraplein | Heerlen | 5m | MC | |
Maastricht Viaductweg rlly bridge | Eindhoven | 30m | MC | |
London Staples corner | Northampton services | 30m | ||
Northampton services | Sheffield | 5m | MC | |
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 | MMV | better |
Woodall services | Oxford rlly station | 0m | MC | man noticed I was hitchhiking before I started and offered! |
Paris Aire de Lisses | Chalon-sur-Saone | 15m | MWC | |
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 | MWC | |
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 | MWC | |
La Paute | Bourg d'oisans | 5m | MC | |
Bourg d'oisans | Le Clapier | 10m | WWC | |
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 | MWC | |
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 | MWC | |
Montpellier obelisk | Cassis | 4m | MV | |
Cassis | Montpellier Obelisk | 3m | MC | |
Frankfurt Hahn airport | Wiesenbad | 30m | MC | |
services near Wiesenbad | Frankfurt | 2h | MC | initially rejected a few lifts to FF in hope of going further but later gave in and took one |
Nurnburg spot 1 | Fail | 1h45 | ||
Nurnburg spot 2 | Leipzig outskirts | 10m | MWWC | much better spot |
Leipzig | Leipzig outskirts | 20m | WC | |
Leipzig outskirts | first services | 1hr30 | MC | |
first services | Wroclaw | 3m | MWC | offered accomodation! |
Wroclaw | Lodz services | MC | ||
Lodz services | Torun toll | 15m | MV | |
Torun toll car park | Gdansk outskirts | 15m | WC | seemed very quiet but only 15m |
Copenhagen spot | first services | 3m | MC | |
first services | Koege | 1hr15 | MC | Bad decision, hw says not to. Offered 2 lifts heading W not S |
Puttgarten | first services | 30m | ML | Was lucky. Lift was going to Koeln but had to sleep. |
first services | Hamburg | 15m | MC | Great lift. Services was vvv quiet but maybe played in my favour. Car no 3. |
Hamburg services | a services | 1hr20 | MV | not great. Offered 1 to Hannover |
a services | another services | 10m | MC | |
another services | near Recklingshausen | 25m | MWC | lift was going to NL but stopped for dinner (#130) |
Sheffield shoreham street | Tibshelf services | MV | ||
Tibshelf services | Leicester forest east | 2h | MV | Accidently rejected a WC lift to Trowell services after 1hr20 |
Leicester forest east | Alexandra palace | MC | ||
Sheffield Shoreham street | Leicester forest east | 2h | MC | Had competition. With 2 girls |
Leicester forest easy | Chiveley services | 2h | MC | |
Chiveley services | Bristol | 5m | MC | |
Cribbs causeway | Gordano services | 1hr20 | WC | Should have stuck it out and waited for a northbound lift |
Gordano services | Fail | 1hr30 | Offered plenty of lifts southbound | |
Bristol new hitching spot | Gloucester services | 20m | MC | |
Gloucester services | Sheffield Meadowhall | 20m | MC | |
Sheffield Shoreham Street | fail | 30m | gave in due to rain | |
Sheffield Shoreham Street | Woodall services | 1hr | WC | |
Woodall services | Northampton services | 15m | ML | |
Northampton services | Toddington services | 25m | MMWC | |
Toddington services | outside Bluewater shopping centre | 1hr | MC | |
outside Bluewater | Medway services | 3m | WC | objectively best hitching spot in the UK I've used |
Medway services | fail | 1hr30 | in evening | |
Medway services | Port of Dover | 10m | ML | 5 in a lorry! 5am |
on the Calais ferry | Brugge services | n/a | MWC | |
Brugge services | Ghent | MMWC | ||
Evergen | crossing s. of Evergen | 15m | MGC | |
crossing s. of Evergen | Antwerp outskirts | 10m | MC | great Muslim geeza |
Antwerp turnhouseport | jnct Geel- | 20m | MV | |
jnct Geel-Oost | Maasmechelen petrol sta | 1m | MC | |
Maasmechelen petrol sta | petrol sta just inside NL-DE border | 30m | MC | 10m once sign changed from DE to Heerlen |
petrol sta just inside NL-DE border | Frechen services | 10m | WC | |
Frechen services | Koeln outskirts | 15m | MC | |
Koeln Koenigsfoerst services | a Bobby & Fritz | 45m | MC | 5m once stood outside doors of station |
a Bobby & Fritz | Nurnberg | 30m | MC | |
Nurnberg 3 petrol sta.s | ___ services | 1hr | MMMV | |
___ services | Prague outskirts | 30m | MC | |
Budapest hitching spot | Timisoara | 20m | MC | police moved us back to bus stop from clear hitching spot |
Timisoara | Faget | 30m | MC | |
Faget | Margina | 10m | MC | |
Margina | Alba Iulia | 3m | WC | |
Alba Iulia | Aiud | 1m | MC | once local competition was gone |
Aiud | Turda | 1m | MC | once locals pointed us to the spot |
Turda | Cluj-Napoca | 2m | MC | once on right side of road (lol) |