2nd October, 2009 - The Non Hitcher

I kind of regret that I have never had the guts to go hitchhiking. It seems to me to be just about the epitome of adventure and freedom. The absolute thrill of travel without the need for your own vehicle, or even for a ticket for the bus.

Of course, the trade off – as Hollywood reminds us – is that you stand a significant chance of being picked up by someone in faded dungarees with a banjo in the passenger seat, who will offer you a nice warm bed in his shack deep in the forest, where we are unlikely to be disturbed. For this reason I have avoided sticking my thumb out thus far.