tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post391244600437904719..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: A hitchhiker’s guide to the musical galaxyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-38875461442667659312013-09-07T07:27:56.953+01:002013-09-07T07:27:56.953+01:00Found myself in a rich part of the Coachella Valle...Found myself in a rich part of the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs, etc. in California) last year wanting to go to a golf tournament, but I don't drive. Ended up taking a bus that left me seven miles from where I wanted to go. So I hitchhiked for the first time in decades and had a marvelous time, getting a ride most of the way with a Mexican laborer in a pickup and a rich old white retiree in a Cadillac on the way back to a bus stop. They were both charming in very distinct ways, and brought back memories of some of the joys of hitchhiking and its serendipitous moments. Thanks for the confirmation.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-56616063942779895582013-09-02T12:51:46.370+01:002013-09-02T12:51:46.370+01:00My apologies for the several typos in my post. I a...My apologies for the several typos in my post. I am not used to commenting in fora where one cannot edit one's posts, and it appears I’ve grown lazy. If the moderator likes, he can correct "I’ll since moved on " to "I’ve since moved on", "what to get out" to "how to get out" and "countries" to counties".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-73242184248968295582013-09-02T12:44:44.785+01:002013-09-02T12:44:44.785+01:00"But the atomisation of our society into a da..."But the atomisation of our society into a dangerous and litigious jungle means that hitchhiking on the road has gone"<br /><br />I hear this a lot from old people, but I disagree. I got into hitchhiking six years ago, and I've now hitchhiked well over 100,000 km all over Europe and Asia. While I'll since moved on to bicycle touring for long trips, when I need to travel somewhere else in Europe quickly, hitchhiking remains my preferred way of getting around (as it is often faster than any paid form of overland travel). Many of my friends travel this way, when I get to a big city's hitchhiking point I often see others, and many of the guests who come to my home (I'm an active host in the hospitality exchange community) are arriving via hitchhiking.<br /><br />Due to internet resources that tell you exactly what to get out of European cities (which bus to take and where to stand), hitchhiking is arguably easier than it has ever been before. If you don't see hitchhikers, it's likely because you don't keep your eye out for them, and because they aren't standing there waiting for long before they get into a car. <br /><br />As far as the US goes, hitchhiking is with only a couple of exceptions never prohibited statewide. (State laws against soliciting a ride are written to a boilerplate that specifies standing in the road, while hitchhiking from the shoulder of the road is permitted). What complicates hitchhiking in the US are unpredictable local statutes where towns and countries are at variance with the liberal state laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-85787809731834561202013-09-01T13:36:55.857+01:002013-09-01T13:36:55.857+01:00Back in '76 I hitchhiked from Land's End t...Back in '76 I hitchhiked from Land's End to John o'Groats, then down through Langue d'Oc - but when I got to Greece - no dice. Was told it wasn't part of the culture and ended up taking the bus and never seeing anyone trying.<br /><br />As for today, wouldn't dream of trying - anywhere! Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-27036733452484682072013-08-31T15:42:56.538+01:002013-08-31T15:42:56.538+01:00A sign of the times? - I am told hitchhiking is no...A sign of the times? - I am told hitchhiking is now technically against the law in the states of Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Wisconsin. Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-63056185250434640972013-08-31T10:40:46.356+01:002013-08-31T10:40:46.356+01:00It is worth noting that amazon.co.uk's price f...It is worth noting that amazon.co.uk's price for <i>Song of Benares</i> is currently £7.99 compared with Prelude Record's price of £6.99.<br /><br />As Amazon progressively force their bricks and mortar competition out of business they move to premium pricing. This insidious and clandestine strategy is just one of the corrosive impacts of internet retailing.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com