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Britain By Thumb

Nico Lethbridge

Stories about hitchhiking to convince you it's not all bad.

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Latest Issues

Eulogy for the Micra

I interrupt this series on Shetland to bring some sad news: the family Nissan Micra was put down on Monday. Here’s a brief eulogy and an argument for why it is/was a genuinely unique vehicle.

There were two reasons why Richard Hammond had...

9 days ago
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Pub Talk

The last pub in Britain is an unassuming place. You’d be forgiven for not thinking it was a pub at all.

It stands alone in a pebble-dash, sheet-roofed block on an exposed sweep of land. Beyond it the hill runs to the sea. It looks more lik...

a month ago
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Harald's Hair

Haroldswick in the background

On Unst, under a hook-billed headland on the eastern side, is a bay called Haroldswick—Harald’s Bay. It’s named, as its name suggests, because it’s a bay…

And for Harald.

Shetland is proud of its Norse ident...

2 months ago
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The Midder Dye

The view of Saxa Vord from Hermaness

I’m sorry I’ve been quiet so long, I’ve been living a monkish life over a (seemingly never-ending) manuscript. But having just returned from several weeks walking across the Shetlands with my old fella,...

2 months ago
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Pride of Alessandria

Hello! I hope you are all well and not been missing Britain by Thumb too sorely.

It’s great to be back, feeling refreshed after my short break. Since it’s cold and dark, I thought I’d bring you a piece from a warmer time and a sunnier cli...

7 months ago
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    Writer, photographer and journalist hitchhiking through Britain to prove that people aren't as bad as they seem. Stories published by the BBC, Independent, Mail and others.

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