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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield somewhere near the canals|Leicester forest east services}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield somewhere near the canals|Leicester forest east services}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Leicester forest east services|Toddington services}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Leicester forest east services|Toddington services}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch||Toddington services|Thurrock services}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Toddington services|Thurrock services}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Helgelo (hotel)|services before Oldenzaal|5m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Helgelo (hotel)|services before Oldenzaal|5m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|services before Oldenzaal|Magdegan services|1hr30}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|services before Oldenzaal|Magdegan services|1hr30}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch||Magdegen services|Berlin Ferch Lienewitz rlly sta|1hr|initially signed for Magdegen not Berlin}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Magdegen services|Berlin Ferch Lienewitz rlly sta|1hr|initially signed for Magdegen not Berlin}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Lodz|Kutno|40m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Lodz|Kutno|WWC|40m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kutno|Torun|1hr30}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kutno|Torun|MWBC|1hr30}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Torun|Grudziadz toll|2h|though only 5m once at a good spot}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Torun|Grudziadz toll|2h|MWC|though only 5m once at a good spot}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Grudziadz toll|Losin|10m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Grudziadz toll|Losin|MC|10m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Losin|Kisielice|1hr20}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Losin|Kisielice|1hr20}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kisielice|Olsztyn|5m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kisielice|Olsztyn|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Elk|Augustov|40m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Elk|Augustov|40m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Augustov|past Suwalki|1hr}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Augustov|past Suwalki|1hr}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|past Suwalki|Kryzkalnis|30m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|past Suwalki|Kryzkalnis|30m|MV}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kryskalnis|Siauliai|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Kryskalnis|Siauliai|5m|MMC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Siauliai|Joniskis|40m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Siauliai|Joniskis|40m|MWC}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Joniskis|Riga|15m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Joniskis|Riga|15m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield Saville St before jnct w Spital Hill|M1 jnct 34|30m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield Saville St before jnct w Spital Hill|M1 jnct 34|30m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 jnct 34|Wooley Edge services|1hr||30min fail near the junction, success near McD}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 jnct 34|Wooley Edge services|1hr||30min fail near the junction, success near McD}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Wooley Edge|North Shields ferry port|2hr||went a very long way out of their way}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Wooley Edge|North Shields ferry port|2hr|MWC|went a very long way out of their way}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg|Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3|1hr30||unlucky}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg|Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3|1hr30|MC|unlucky}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3|Utrecht|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Amsterdam zuidoost jnct 3|Utrecht|5m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Services south of Stuttgart|Ulm services|5m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Services south of Stuttgart|Ulm services|5m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Ulm services|Augsburg services|45m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Ulm services|Augsburg services|45m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Augsburg services|Munich|35m||offered many lifts with < 3 spaces}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Augsburg services|Munich|35m|MMC|offered many lifts with < 3 spaces}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Munich Machtlfingerstrasse|Stamberg|20m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Munich Machtlfingerstrasse|Stamberg|20m|MWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Stamberg|Weilheim|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Stamberg|Weilheim|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Weilheim|Murnau|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Weilheim|Murnau|15m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Murnau|Garmisch|20||2 stopped at once!}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Murnau|Garmisch|20|MWC|2 stopped at once!}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Garmish|Sterzing/Vipiteno|15m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Garmish|Sterzing/Vipiteno|15m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Toll before Brixen|Brunico|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Toll before Brixen|Brunico|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Brunico|Hotel Dolomitenhof|20m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Brunico|Hotel Dolomitenhof|20m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Hotel Dolomitenhof|Udine|15m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Hotel Dolomitenhof|Udine|15m|WC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Udine centre (eastern ring)|South of Udine|1hr}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Udine centre (eastern ring)|South of Udine|1hr|MWC}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|South of Udine|Buttrio|40m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|South of Udine|Buttrio|40m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Buttrio|San Giovanni|35m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Buttrio|San Giovanni|35m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|San Giovanni|Ronchi dei Legionari|35m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|San Giovanni|Ronchi dei Legionari|35m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Ronchi dei Legionari|Trieste|15m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Ronchi dei Legionari|Trieste|15m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Trieste|Zadar|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Trieste|Zadar|5m|MWC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Zadar|Pakostane|1hr10}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Zadar|Pakostane|1hr10}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Pakostane|Sibenik|15m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Pakostane|Sibenik|15m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sibenik|Split|25m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sibenik|Split|25m|ML}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Eindhoven Floraplein|Heerlen|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Eindhoven Floraplein|Heerlen|5m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Maastricht Viaductweg rlly bridge|Eindhoven|30m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Maastricht Viaductweg rlly bridge|Eindhoven|30m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|London Staples corner|Northampton services|30m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|London Staples corner|Northampton services|30m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Northampton services|Sheffield|5m}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Northampton services|Sheffield|5m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield Shoreham street|M1 jnct 31 (Aston/Worksop)|20m||rejected 1 offer to parkway/M1 junction}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Sheffield Shoreham street|M1 jnct 31 (Aston/Worksop)|20m||rejected 1 offer to parkway/M1 junction}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 junction 31 from Worksop direction|failed|35m||bad place do not try}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 junction 31 from Worksop direction|failed|35m||bad place do not try}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 junction 31 from Sheffield direction|Woodall services|20m||better}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|M1 junction 31 from Sheffield direction|Woodall services|20m|MMV|better}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Woodall services|Oxford rlly station|0m||man noticed I was hitchhiking before I started and offered!}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Woodall services|Oxford rlly station|0m|MC|man noticed I was hitchhiking before I started and offered!}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Paris Aire de Lisses|Chalon-sur-Saone|15m|MFC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Paris Aire de Lisses|Chalon-sur-Saone|15m|MWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Chalon-sur-Saone|Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts|10m|MV}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Chalon-sur-Saone|Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts|10m|MV}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts|Tournus|5m|MFV}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Chalon-sur-Saone outskirts|Tournus|5m|MFV}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Tournus|Macon|3m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Tournus|Macon|3m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Macon|Somewhere|3m}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Macon|Somewhere|3m}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Somwhere|Belleville peage|5m|MFC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Somwhere|Belleville peage|5m|MWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Belleville peage|Lyon centre|3m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Belleville peage|Lyon centre|3m|MC}}
 
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Vizelle toll|Bourg d'oisans|20sec}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Vizelle toll|Bourg d'oisans|20sec}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bourg d'oisans|La Paute|5m|MFC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bourg d'oisans|La Paute|5m|MWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|La Paute|Bourg d'oisans|5m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|La Paute|Bourg d'oisans|5m|MC}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bourg d'oisans|Le Clapier|10m|FFC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bourg d'oisans|Le Clapier|10m|WWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Le Clapier|Bottom of Les 2 Alpes|35m|MV|But only 2m once sign changed from La Grave to Mont de Lans}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Le Clapier|Bottom of Les 2 Alpes|35m|MV|But only 2m once sign changed from La Grave to Mont de Lans}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bottom of Les 2 Alpes|Villar d'Arrene|3m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Bottom of Les 2 Alpes|Villar d'Arrene|3m|MC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Casset|Briancon|3m|MV}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Casset|Briancon|3m|MV}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Briancon|Savines-le-Lac|2m|MFC}}
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{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Briancon|Savines-le-Lac|2m|MWC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Savines-le-Lac|Les Chappas|5m|MV|1m when sign changed from Saint Vincent to La Sauze}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Savines-le-Lac|Les Chappas|5m|MV|1m when sign changed from Saint Vincent to La Sauze}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Les Chappas||1m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Les Chappas||1m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch||Montclar|4m|MBC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch||Montclar|4m|MBC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Montclar|Seyne|15m|MC}}
 
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Montclar|Seyne|15m|MC}}
{{User:UltrasonicNXT/hitch|Seyne|Aix-en-Provence|15m|MFC}}
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Revision as of 13:16, 22 April 2019

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
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 initially signed for Magdegen not Berlin
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 WWC 40m
Kutno Torun MWBC 1hr30
Torun Grudziadz toll 2h MWC though only 5m once at a good spot
Grudziadz toll Losin MC 10m
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