Hey guys,

as you may know, I'm planning a mini hitchhiking trip from Scotland down to London. The trip will be from the 26th/27th of March to the 5th/6th of April (approx. 11 days). My primary reason for doing this trip is to see the sights and touristy things in the nether regions of the UK. Being the skint student that I am, I'm trying to do this cheaply by mostly hitchhiking for travel, and using couchsurfing.com for accommodation. I'll call it an adventure

I'm doing this with a 25 year old guy and a 22 year old girl (both students at my uni), so I think the safety aspect is okay.

I was discussing possible routes with my 'team' today and we have come up with an initial plan.

I was wondering if you could give me any feedback on it and maybe suggest places to see?



The bold locations are where we will be spending the night.

I know I'm completely giving South West England and some other places a miss, but we can't do everything in 11 days, and I want to be back home by the 6th of April.

Any ideas/feedback will be muchos appreciated! Thanks! x

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Any reason you chose those particular places?

Lol. Well Cambridge is damn sexy. :) :P Ahaha
And I think when I was talking to storm before, although she's just come online on msn so I'm sure she'll explain better :), but I thought it was because it wasn't toooo far to hitch hike and also because there were places they could stay the night?

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Well, the places we've chosen to stay it's primarily because there are couchsurfers there, so that sorts out accommodation and also some sightseeing because cs'ers tend to also show you around their city.

In terms of sightseeing, we chose the places because...

Glasgow - we'll, we're not planning to spend a long time here. It's just easier to get out of Scotland and into England from here because it has a direct highway to Carlisle. Edinburgh would be an option, but there didn't seem to be a highway straight from Edinburgh.

Carlisle - Carlisle castle + may be able to see some of the northern lakes in the Lake District

Heysham - Old stone graves at Heysham Head coastline + Morecambe Bay. Heysham Port is where we get the ferry to Isle of Man.

Isle of Man - ???

Dublin - Dublin Castle + ?

Holyhead - It's where the ferry drops us off.

Bangor (Wales) - Snowdonia National Park + castles + beaches

Ffestiniog - Snowdonia scenery

Aberystwyth - Snowdonia scenery

Birmingham - ???

Cambridge - ??? Not decided yet. Supposed to be picturesque and quaint.

London - Madame Tussaud's + go on the London Eye(?) + ?

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The London Eye is good :)
Just stay away from East London. It sucks rocks here :P
It's so trashy *sigh*


And you'll love all parts of Wales. That country is just absolutely beautiful. I have a feeling it'll be the highlight of your trip XD

I really hope the hitch hiking experience works out for you and that it's something memorable for you to look back on in the future :) Good luck with it. x

It sounds like a proper adventure, especially as quite a large part of it involves hitchhiking. Sounds like it will be good fun, and I hope you enjoy it :)

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Walk it and then you will have combined the experience with your exercise thread.

Lol...

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Wow, tasha, that looks amazing! Thank you!

Mmmm chocolateeee. Shame we'll be missing the Easter fun which starts on the 4th, though.

Have you been?

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LMAO!!! XD hahah

You should stop if you see three people hanging around the side of the road... might be us xD

I think I'll practice in Aberdeen lol although apparently, there's an escaped convict running around ermmm...

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Ahhh, I'm in Manchester now. So far, so good. :D Hitchhiking is so damn hard xD We got a ride into Dumfries, and the driver was like, come visit me if you don't make it into Carlisle! Gave up after 30 mins rying to get a ride into Carlisle and took the bus instead xD And all our hosts have been really nice so far =)

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oooh storm!!
TY for keeping us updated on your trip - very exciting!!
Keep well and safe, and enjoy
x

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Oooh that's well exciting!! Glad everything's okay and you're making good progress!

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Watch, with a bit of friction I'll be under your clothes.
With a bit of focus I'll be under your skin.

Ahh I'm glad you're making progress! :) And I'm glad the hosts are good. :) And everythings good etc :) Ahah :)

Stay in touch, can't wait to see you on fridaaaay if you get here. -_- :)

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Not long to go til Cambs stormy
I bet it was easier to hitchhike by taking your friend with you

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Haha, it's awesome. We're taking the train to Wales today. Got a pretty cheap ticket. OMG, yesterday night in Manchester was so interesting. xD I can't spill all on here though as who knows who's reading this :P


Haha, you'd think so! But the only driver who stopped for us stopped coz I look Indian and his wife's Indian lol ;P

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Ahahahahahahahahaha That's great :P Lol

Hmmm I cant wait till you get here and can talk about all your little adventures that you've been on :) :D

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storm, hit Sorsie on the head when you see her. From me.
Sorsie, hit storm on the head when you see her. From me.

I have a strange way of showing love. XD

Seriously though, I'm really happy that your trip is going well, and I hope you both have a great time when you meet up! :)

Stay safe, stormy.

That's awesome. Although nobody takes hitchhikers any more these days.

Good luck and have fun :)

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Lol... what. :P

Yeah, true. I thought it'd be much easier... Maybe it's becaus we both look foreign and people automatically don't trust people who look different? *shrugs*

We're currently in the middle of Snowdonia - in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forest, a good 30 mins by car from the main road and no phone signal... lol xD But it's absolutely gorgeous. =)

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Make sure you take lots of pictures to show us :D

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Went to Brighton instead of B'ham -- suffice it to say that it is by far the BEST place EVOR XD

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Brighton is a teensy bit further than Birmingham isn't it? Hope you enjoyed it :)

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Ahaha. Atleast you're not too far away :P Ahah. Hmm.. What.. Hmm..

Yes. Quite an odd direction to go :P

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storm's taking the scenic route to cambridge! :p Sounds like a great adventure so far, hope you get here tomorrow!

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