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[[File:Staples_corner_m1.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Hitching Spot at Staples Corner for M1]] * * Last verified on 18 Aug 2014 by Vidhi Raj - This is a very good option
Another option is to take the tube to Brent Cross ''(Northern Line)''. From there you follow the 'North Circular Road' westwards for about 1km (along Tilling Road), and you get to the bottom of the M1 (don't get confused with the A1 which also passes nearby, although if this road is more convenient for your destination, you can also hitch from here). After passing the shopping centre, you should see the M1. It is possible to hitch at the first entrance you see, which is the traffic coming off the 'Westbound North Circular' (there is a bus stop just after the slip road joins the North Circular, and a small lay-by further on - both adjacent to the lane for M1). You can also hitch at the traffic lights (see spot on the map to the right) or on the hard shoulder on the on-ramp that slopes up right after those traffic lights.
However, it tends to go slightly quicker if you walk 2 minutes more around the roundabout ('''Staples Corner ''West'' '''). You'll see a railway bridge, go under it and there is a bus stop beside a car repair place (the bus stop itself is near Adrian Avenue and is by the ''Western'' side of the railway bridge). It doesn't look like such a great place, but it works quite well if you have a sign (worked for [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] - a 5-minute wait in the dark!). Certainly it is better than the entrance to the M1 used by traffic going eastbound on the 'North Circular', which has a big camera pointing right at where you would stand.
This place seems to work really well. I get the bus to brent cross and then its about a 10 min walk to this spot. Vidhi suggests that it is better not to stop at the redlight but instead go on to the M1 ascending motorway. Here you can easily stay on the left side and as car turn into this road there is enough pulling space for cars going up north. Seek to get down at the next gas station which I must say is atleast 40 miles away. However it is quite easy to get rides in direction of Leeds and New Castleway. One thing to avoid however is, getting down at the last Gas station before Leeds or New Castleway...These are small gas stations with less traffic so if you are Edinburgh bound ensure you get down at 2 gas stations before these cities arive preferably at a Gas station which has Mac Donalds. The others have Starbucks, Costa and Burger King.
==== A1 Motorway / A1(M) Motorway ====
