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Britain By Thumb

Nico Lethbridge

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

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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...

4 months ago
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Why You Should Hitchhike

The world can feel overwhelming, particularly for the young. Governments giving up, the rich getting richer, anger on the right, nothing on the left, all while the pall of climate catastrophe gathers.

You don’t need me to tell you all that...

7 months ago
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Where Did They All Go?

The Battle of the Beanfield, 1985

In my life, I’ve seen three hitchhikers in Britain. Sadly I was unable to pick up any of them. The third I met earlier this year while hitchhiking myself in the Peterborough services. She told me not to ge...

8 months ago
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Night Highway 99

The Beat Generation

‘Suddenly you could go anywhere.’

That was the sentiment in the years after the war, expressed here by Ian Rodger, a demobilised soldier and student at Durham.

‘The frontiers were open and the armies had gone home… Th...

8 months ago
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The Devil At the Crossroads

Country Life, 1926

‘In no other way could I have gained such a knowledge of the country and the people who made it, and are making it,’ wrote Charles Brown Jr in 1916, ‘Best of all, it gave me a deeper understanding of human nature.’

Perh...

9 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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