Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking was a trendy way to travel in the fifties and sixties. Young people loved to explore our country, and beyond, in a footloose and cheap way. National Servicemen, and car delivery drivers clutching trade plates, were a common sight thumbing lifts along our trunk roads. 

          The decline in popularity was probably due to changes in society: the end of conscription, the use of car transporters, the rise in predatory crime and the more affluent car owning youth.

          I was a skint youth wishing to be trendy and footloose, so went hitching a number of times with my mate Gordon. It was a cheap way to holiday and showed us some interesting faces and places.  

          I was thrilled to have my story, ‘A Voyage Around the World,’ published in the March edition of the Best of British magazine. You may read it on the ‘Published Articles’ page.