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''My definition of 'hitchhike':'' a journey made
*for ''free'' (if on public transport, then a free ride where you'd normally have to pay),
*arranged ''at the moment the journey starts''
*with the ''explicit consent'' of the vehicle driver,
*who is otherwise a ''complete stranger'' to you
(i.e. no car-pooling schemes or similar, public transport drivers must agree to let you travel without paying, and lifts from friends-of friends, work colleagues etc don't count)
==Planned hitchhiking trips==
[[Image:Sheffieldbedroomwall.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A collection of [[signs]] used in 2006. 2009 collection under construction...]]
I'll be in '''[[Heidelberg]]''' on 16 Jan, hitchhiking to '''[[Reutlingen]]'''.
Then hitchhiking from Reutlingen''My definition of 'hitchhike':'' a journey made*for ''free'' (if on public transport, then a free ride where you'd normally have to pay), through *arranged ''at the Schwäbische Alb to moment the journey starts''*with the ''explicit consent''of the vehicle driver,*who is otherwise a '[[Winterthur]]'complete stranger'' on 17 to you, and*you have the option of declining the ride(i.e. no car-pooling schemes or 18 Jan.similar, public transport drivers must agree to let you travel without paying, lifts from friends-of friends, work colleagues etc don't count, and neither do enforced rides in police vehicles)
Hitchhiking through '''[[Switzerland]]''' for a few days, before ending up in either '''[[Lyon]]''' or la Savoie on 21 Jan.
Then ==Planned hitchhiking north from Lyon, I'm not sure on what day exactly but I have to be in '''trips==[[Image:Sheffieldbedroomwall.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A collection of [[Luxembourgsigns]]''' on 24 Janused in 2006. 2009 collection under construction...]]
If this fits in with your plansYes, please give me a shout!some trips are planned. But I don't have any planned right now. Or why Why not come to the '''[[Isle of Man]]''' and I'll race you around the [[TT course]]?
*[http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/tmoon Tom's CouchSurfing profile]
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==The stats==
''Adventure #1:'' '''The Gent Escape''', August 2004
''Adventure #19:'' '''Home from Berlin''', January 2009
''Adventure #20:'' '''Ab in den Süden''', January 2009
''Distance travelled:'' '''11050km11742km''' of which 6081km 6605km hitchhiking alone, 3043km 3211km with one other hitchhiker, and 1926km hitchhiking in a group of three; done 10470km 11162km by road, 580km by rail, and not hitchhiked by sea or air... yet
''Longest lift:'' I think it's '''352km''', through Germany from [[Inntal Ost]] ([[A93_Germany|A93]] services) to [[Pforzheim Nord]] ([[A8_Germany|A8]] services), September 2006 - and by the goodest good golly gosh were we grateful for it
''Biggest moment of stupidity:'' spilling freshly squeezed orange juice onto my rucksack and sleeping bag whilst trying to thumb down a VW camper van outside [[Jönköping]], Sweden on a hot, sticky afternoon. The van didn't stop and I had to grudgingly trudge back to Jönköping centre, wash out my equipment and catch a bus
==You want some more info! Yes you do ;)==
*[http://tommoon.fotopic.net Tom's webpage]
*[http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/tmoon Tom's CouchSurfing profile]
*[http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/travel.php?cid=tmoon Tom's Hospitality Club profile]
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