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Michaelangelo from Bristol UK- human, ukuleleist, meddler, wwoofer, walker, tea drinker, sun-follower.
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Michaelangelo from Bristol, now living in Madrid.
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Things that seem to help me with hitchhiking:
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-Signs with serif lettering.
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-A hi-vis/fluorescent jacket.
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-Rolled-up sleeves/bare forearms.
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[http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.com/2019/09/precipitating-luck.html More...]
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Hitchhiking experiences
 
Hitchhiking experiences
  
Japan: 2959 km moving between and around Shikoku, Shimane, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, the Amami islands and Yakushima (islands not included in total distance).
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Japan: 3100 km moving between and around Shikoku, Shimane, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, the Amami islands and Yakushima.<br />
Much of this is detailed on my blog (March-May 2012 [http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_01_archive.html])
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Much of this is detailed on my blog ([http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_01_archive.html March-May 2012])<br />
Longest lift: Fukuoka to Kagoshima (282km)
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Longest lift: Fukuoka to Kagoshima (282km)<br />
Longest wait: 6 hours in Yakushima.
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Longest wait: 6 hours in Yakushima.<br />
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June-July 2014<br />
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9800 km Around Norway (started in Oslo), Germany and back to the UK.<br />
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This trip was inspired by and is dedicated to Taylor Booth. <br />
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74 lifts, average distance 132km.<br />
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Longest one-day distance: Oslo-Bremen (1045km)<br />
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Longest lift: Malmö - Cologne (795 km)<br />
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[http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.com.es/2016/01/archive-summer-hitching-2014.html Notes]
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June 2015
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Basel-Peckham [http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.com.es/2015/06/basel-peckham-1000ish-km.html Notes]
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December 2015
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Madrid-Lisbon and back [http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/love-is-only-thing-you-get-more-of-by.html Notes]
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August 2016
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Madrid-London [http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/aman-part.html Excerpt]
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June 2017
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Madrid-Galicia and back [http://crustaceanambitions.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/galician-interlude.html]
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August 2018: Madrid-London and back.
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July-August 2019: 8000+km through France,Belgium,Holland,Ireland,Wales,England,Germany,Poland,Lithuania,Denmark,Spain.
  
UK: Bristol to Leeds (334km)
 
France: Lourdes to Pau (40km)
 
  
  

Revision as of 14:37, 13 February 2020

Michaelangelo from Bristol, now living in Madrid.

Things that seem to help me with hitchhiking: -Signs with serif lettering. -A hi-vis/fluorescent jacket. -Rolled-up sleeves/bare forearms. More...



Hitchhiking experiences

Japan: 3100 km moving between and around Shikoku, Shimane, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, the Amami islands and Yakushima.
Much of this is detailed on my blog (March-May 2012)
Longest lift: Fukuoka to Kagoshima (282km)
Longest wait: 6 hours in Yakushima.

June-July 2014
9800 km Around Norway (started in Oslo), Germany and back to the UK.
This trip was inspired by and is dedicated to Taylor Booth.
74 lifts, average distance 132km.
Longest one-day distance: Oslo-Bremen (1045km)
Longest lift: Malmö - Cologne (795 km)
Notes

June 2015 Basel-Peckham Notes

December 2015

Madrid-Lisbon and back Notes

August 2016 Madrid-London Excerpt

June 2017 Madrid-Galicia and back [1]

August 2018: Madrid-London and back.

July-August 2019: 8000+km through France,Belgium,Holland,Ireland,Wales,England,Germany,Poland,Lithuania,Denmark,Spain.



Contact

Bewelcome
Email: earlyturtle (a) mac (d) com
Blog