Have you ever hitch hiked?
@Jackalyn (7559)
Oxford, England
October 1, 2016 3:29am CST
In my youth I hitch hiked from London to Paris and in Jordan. Sometimes I hitch hiked in the UK. With a friend I felt safe.
Christmas cards were exchanged and visits with one family we met that way for years.
I would have been horrified if my kids ever did.
The world has changed hasn't it?
What about you? Have you ever hitch hiked?
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
1 Oct 16
I used to hitch-hike a lot in my youth. My longest single hitch was from Cambridge to Penrith (about 250 miles). It was a Bank Holiday, so there were no lorries and, in those days, people didn't travel as much or as far on Bank Holidays, so I was expecting it to take me quite a long time to reach the Lake District but the first car that stopped (a Mini, as I recall) was able to take me (almost) all the way to where I wanted to go. I think that I caught a bus to Glenridding from Penrith.
Later on, by the time I had a car, I used to pick up hitchhikers quite often but, by then, people - both drivers and hitch-hikers - were becoming aware of the dangers and it was less common. These days, one hardly ever sees anyone hitching.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
1 Oct 16
@Jackalyn I remember the trick of putting the most appealing member of a group on the kerb whilst the others stood about trying to look as if they weren't associated.
A HITCH HAIKU
A smile and a thumb:
All I can offer to ride.
Fields and towns whizz by.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Oct 16
I never have. It would be too dangerous especially in this day and age.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
1 Oct 16
I had hitched hiked years ago with my ex step father when it was starting to be unpopular back in the 70's. I would not dare do it now. To many crazies that can't be trusted.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
1 Oct 16
When I was approximately 9, my brother and sister were 11 and 12...we missed the school bus in the morning. My mother told us to hitchhike to school...we did. Now a days, I think Family and Children's Services would have been knocking at her door.....
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
1 Oct 16
It is amazing how times have changed. There used to be so much trust.,
