Three-quarters of

　　the UK

　　population

　　have

　　access

　　to

　　a

　　car；

　　many

　　of

　　the remainder will be quite o1d.

　　The potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. Yet my trip proves it’s still possible to hitchhike.The people who picked me up were very interesting—1awyer，

　　retired surgeon，tank commander，carpenter, man who lived in an isolated farmhouse and a couple living up in the mountains.My conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes in red，spotted scarves. Most just wanted to do someone a good turn；a few said they were so surprised to see a hitchhiker that they couldn’t help stopping.

　　The future of hitchhiking most 1ikely 1ies with car-sharing organised over the Internet，via sites such as hitchikers.org. But for now， you can still stick your thumb out

　　(actually， I didn’t do much of that，

　　preferring just to hold up my destination sign)

　　and

　　people—wonderful，caring，sharing，unafraid people—will stop.

　　In the UK，with its cheap coaches and reasonable rail service，I don’t think I’ll make a habit of it.

　　But having enjoyed it so much，I’m ready now to do a big trip across Europe and beyond.In the 1970s a female friend of my wife’s hitchhiked to India How wonderful it would be to have another go，though Afghanistan might be a challenge.I wish I’d got that tank commander’s mobile number.

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