Wanderlust
(the feeling, not the user)

I've been low for a few days, and to pick myself up I've got itchy feet for a hitch-hike this weekend. I live near Milton Keynes (concretecowsroundaboutsblahblahblah) and fancy hitching for four or five hours from early Saturday morning. It's been known for me to cover 250 miles in five hours on a good day.

I can afford a few pints to see the night through, a b&b, a nice walk or something in the morning then hitch home in time for tea on Sunday.

My question is... where should I go?

Edit: lusty - feel free to answer too :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:17, 19 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Go to Warwick
lovely place. Plus Castle.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:21, Reply)

Anglesey!
For no reason other than its the 1st place that popped into my head
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:22, Reply)

Get in the car ask where they're headed
and go there :)

Bit pointless if they're getting off at the next junction.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:24, Reply)

I would have said come and visit me in West Yorkshire but....
I won't have my car this weekend so I couldn't pick you up from nearby wherever you were dropped off : (

Edit - Ooo! Anglesey is lovely.
( girlinthehole, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:25, Reply)

I've been to Anglesey before...
it's an option. Warwick sounds like a possible choice. I went a couple of times as a youngster... Keep 'em coming people!

Edit: becky... people get a bit freaked out if complete strangers off the roadside want to go exactly where they're going :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:32, Reply)

True
so you could have some fun along the way :)

How about seeing how far North you can go in a day on someone elses dollar?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:36, Reply)

Anglesey is quite nice
But it's full of people from Anglesey.

How about hitch hiking round the M25? You could see how many laps you could do in a day.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:39, Reply)

I thought of that becky
It'd be fun, but I'd like to have a few hours to walk, see sights, get a bit pissed etc and have time to lope about in the morning too. If I did that I'd want to go til it got dark to see how far I got. I'm hitching to Edinburgh for the bash in April so that'll be my ultimate test :)

Edit: Sam... that sounds like some version of torture! I'd rather see the country than lap a four-lane highway. Plus hitching the M25 is officially a mission due to the speed of the slip roads, nowhere to stop etc. And I think the transport police would move me on if they caught me hitching around there.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:39, Reply)

It may not
have been an entirely serious suggestion :P
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:46, Reply)

A serious answer though :)
Aren't you over the border Sam? I reckon I could get all the way down the M4 for a laugh.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:48, Reply)

I'm over the border
But quite a way north of the M4.

Hitch hiking round here is a fun activity, since none of the farmers will pick you up!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 17:51, Reply)

I've never knowingly been picked up by a farmer
Women, Porsches, 40t banana lorries... yes. Farmers, no.

I might try and make it to Three Cliffs Bay south west of Swansea... it's about two hundred miles and bloody lovely.

Any more suggestions?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:02, Reply)

Come to Coventry!
We've got loads of.........errm. Hang on. OH YEAH we've got........no that's Leamington.




Gimme 5 mins and I'll think of something.


Better make that 10.


I'll get back to you tomorrow.


Maybe.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:12, Reply)

I live in Milton keynes
it's great
(PsychoChomp, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:14, Reply)

I like Milton Keynes.
I don't live there, but I like it.

Capt... the opportunity to meet you and the good Mr Flake are the ONLY reasons you'd get me anywhere near Coventry.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:16, Reply)

Time to watch "The Hitcher" again
The original, not that godawful remake.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:28, Reply)

Heh
I ain't no Rutger Hauer. And I can't look like a psycho - I always get picked up.

All further suggestions considered!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 18:29, Reply)

Well if you find yourself
in the Lune Valley give me a shout. There's plenty to do here... caves, mountains, waterfalls, climbing, forests...

Also, I've been pondering the Edinbash and how I'm going to get there... I spent my yoof hitching up and down the country (with little no regard for personal safety) and I just got a pang of nostalgia. Come up the M6 and I'll meet you at junction 36...
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 19:50, Reply)

Fuzzy
If you're serious about either proposition, gaz me :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 20:19, Reply)