User:UltrasonicNXT

I'm a student and hitchhiker from Guildford near London in the UK, and currently live in Sheffield. I was 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 have used 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

Start	Drop off	Wait time	Vehicle	Notes
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	40m	WWC
Kutno	Torun	1hr30	MWBC	1hr30
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	accomodation
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	(#160)
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)
Gorliz	Armintza	10m	MC
Armintza	Bakio	15m	MV	first car that came in 15m gave the lift!
Bakio	Bermeo	0m	MMC	gave accommodation & key!
Mundaka	Bermeo	5m	MC
Bermeo	Gaztelugatxe	25m	MBC
Gaztelugatxe	fail	15m		then the bus came
Bermeo	Mundaka	5m	WGC
Mundaka	Gurnika	5m	WC
Gurnika	Lekeito	10m	MV
Lekeito	Ondarroa	25m	MC	very very quiet
Ondarroa	Mutriku	10m	MC
Mutriku	Deba	5m	MC
Deba	fail	15m
Andorra la vella	fail	15m		felt weird, should have been easy but bad vibe
Edinburgh Hillend	Lancaster east services	40m	MWWC
Lancaster east services	Rivington services	15m	MMV	#180
Rivington services	Manchester piccadilly	5m	MC
Staple's corner	London gateway	45m	MMC	initially was aiming for Toddington and rejected one to Luton airport, one to Hemel Hempstead truckstop, and two to Watford
London gateway	Sheffield Eccy road	0m	MC	he hailed me!
Sheffield Manchester road Broomhill	fail	30m
Sheffield Manchester road past Crosspool	Motram moor/top	30m	MC
Motram	Denton	10m	MKC (K kid)
Denton	Swinton	45m	MC
Swinton	Rivington services	2m	MC
Rivington services	Lancaster services	50m
Lancaster services	Burton in Kendal services	2hr	MC	should have probably tried asking more
Burton in Kendal services	Penrith	1hr	MC	#190
Sheffield Crosspool	Yorkshire bridge (ladybower)	15m	MC
Yorkshire bridge	Glossop	5m	MC
Glossop	Denton	10m	MC
Denton	Rivington services	5m	MC
Rivington services	Southwaite services	25m	MC
Southwaite services	Lesmahagow	15m	MC
Lesmahagow	Glasgow	15m	coach
Bothwell services	M6/A69 junct.	5m	coach
M6/A69 junct.	Newcastle	1m	MV
Windermere	Ambleside	1m	MV	#200
Grasmere	Ambleside	15m	MKKC
Rydal	fail	15m
Somewhere in Jamtland	Somewhere in Jamtland	5m	MC
Somewhere in Jamtland	Somewhere in Jamtland	5m	WC
Somewhere in Jamtland	Somewhere in Jamtland	5m	WC
Staples Corner	London Gateway	15m	MV	Partybus!
London Gateway	Leicester Forest East	20m	MC
Leicester Forest East	Sheffield	20m	MWC
Sheffield before parkway roundabout, DD way	Leicester forest east	40mm	MC	rejected one to rotherham
Leicester Forest East	Watford gap	15m	MC
Watford gap	Watford train sta	20m	MWC	rejected one to Luton, one around the M25
Staples Corner	Toddington services	0m	MC	went a bit out of the way, 0m wait at staples corner!
Toddington services	Meadowhall interchange	25m	MC	went a long way out of the way
Sheffield Rivelin Valley Rd (Hollins Rd bridge)	Yorkshire bridge	15m	MC
Yorkshire bridge	Glossop	7m	WC
Sheffield Crosspool	Yorkshire Bridge	0m	WC
Yorkshire Bridge	Mottram petrol sta	6m	MC
Mottram petrol sta	Prestwich (M60 jct 17)	10	MV
Prestwich (M60 jct 17)	Rivington services	45m	MC
Rivington services	Tickled trout junction	40m	MC
Tickled trout junction	Abington services	1h	MC
Sheffield Shoreham Street	M1 jct 34 (Meadowhall)	50m	MC	rejected 2 to parkway
M1 jct 34 slip	Tibshelf services	10m	MC
Tibshelf services	Northampton services	20m	MC
Northampton services	Chobham services	0m	MWC
Chobham services	Clackett Lane services	15m	MC
Clackett Lane services	Maidstone services	45m	MC	rejected 2 to M20 junctions before Maidstone
Maidstone services	Calais	0m	MCamper
Calais south junction eastbound	fail	30m		rejected 1 to Dunkirk
Calais south junction westbound	Aire de 2 Caps	20m	MC
Aire de 2 Caps	Paris Cergy	25m	MC
Paris Porte d'Orleans attempt 1	fail	30m
Paris Porte d'Orleans attempt 2	fail	15m
Paris Massy slip	fail	45m		slip road closed, diversion v quiet. Offered 2 back in to Paris
Briis-sous-Forges	most of the way to the Aire	0m	WC
Aire de Limours-Janvy	Aire de Orleans-Saran	10m	MC
Aire de Orleans-Saran	Aire de Tours la Longue Vue	1h	MC
Aire de Tours la Longue Vue	Angouleme	1m	MC
Angouleme	Bordeaux	2m	MWC
Bordeaux inside ring road	fail	25m
Bordeaux petrol stn outside ring road	Saint Serin sur l'Isle	2m	WC	maybe should have got out at the peage
Saint Serin sur l'Isle	Aire de les Palombieres	30m	WC	weirdly hard this one
Aire de les Palombieres	Aire de Manoire	5m	MC
Aire de Manoire	Aire de Chavanon	45m	MC	rejected 2
Aire de Chavanon	Peage de Clermont barriere	1m	MC
Peage de Clermont barriere	Lyon A89 jct 41	50m	WC	rejected 2 dir Montpellier
Lyon A89 jct 41	Lyon centre	1m	WBC
Lyon Brignais	Bellevue	5m	WKC
Bellevue	A47 jct 11	25m	WC	weirdly hard
A47 jct 11	Saint Ettienne	1m	WWMC
Saint Ettienne N88 jct 20	Le Chambon	1h	MC	rejected 1 to Firminy after 1m which was a tactical mistake, shouldn't have targetted a long lift
Le Chambon	Firminy jct 31	1m	MMC
Firminy jct 31	Le Puy en Valee	0m	MC
Le Puy en Valee	Costaros	50m	WWC	weirdly hard
Costaros	A75 jct 45	5m	MC	#250!
A47 jct 45	fail	20m		aiming for A75
A47 jct 45	Aire de Viaduc	1h	MC	weirdly hard
Aire de Viaduc	Beziers	1m	MWC
Beziers	jct outside Beziers	10m	MC
jct outside Beziers	Narbonne	2m	WWC
Narbonne peage	Aire de la Palme Oest	20m	WC
Aire de la Palme Ouest	Pepignan north peage	30m	WC	mistake, should have waited for longer
Perpignan north peage	fail	50m
Perpignan south peage	Aria La Jonquera	15m	WWC	rejected one to Le Boulou
Aria La Jonquera	Barcelona	20m	WC
Chobham services	Clackett Lane services	5m	MWC
Clackett Lane services	Petrol sta on A2 nr Canterbury	1h	MMMC	possibly should have been more picky at Chobham
Petrol sta on A2 nr Canterbury	Dover	20m	MMC
Dunkirk outsite port	Jabbeke services	5m	MMMC	lucky!
Jabbeke services	Brugge	5m	MV
Breisach	fail	10m		bus time
Skelton Lake services	Leicester Forest East services	40m	MV	Rejectec one to Wakefield
Leicester Forest East services	Newport Pagnell services	20m	MC
Newport Pagnell services	Toddington services	15m	MC
Toddington services	Camden town	10m	WWWC