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Hitchhiker

Name: Colinc
65 years. None.
Hitchhiking since 1981
From Bristol, United Kingdom
On Hitchwiki: Colinc

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38rides
323km travelled
940min waiting
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2026-06-10 13:36  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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43.9385, 4.5978
You must take a bus from Avignon to Remoulins and ask the bus driver to direct you to the Gare de Péage de Remoulins at Intersection 23 on A9 . This is a VERY good place to hitch South on A9
2025-06-12 04:57  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.3568, -2.8930
cars driving very fast off from the roundabout into M5 South , , , don't have time to see your sign or stop
2025-06-12 04:46  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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50.9194, -3.3560
at times , extremely busy with speeding traffic and narrow sliproad down omto M5 North
2017-04-08 06:23  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.6567, -2.4290
If you can't exit Bristol .....go 15 miles North on bus to Stone and get into Michaelwood through the back
2017-04-08 06:08  ⭐⭐
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51.4784, -2.7110
Junction 19 is BAD for going M5 North and M5 South . It is good for getting the 3 miles into Bristol on A 369. Junction 20 Avonmouth is VERY BAD .
2017-04-08 06:02  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.2775, -2.9181
THere is no footbridge connecting Noth and South. In quiet times you can run accross
2017-04-08 06:00  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.0170, -3.0571
, dense and very fast traffic is reluctant to pull up and there is no hard shoulder.
2017-04-08 05:58  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.0000, -3.0410
this is the MOTORWAY service station 5 miles from Taunton
2017-04-06 14:12  ⭐⭐
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51.0172, -3.0629
Junction 25 is horrible : very cramped and difficult for cars to stop. dense traffic from 7 am to 7 pm . best avoided
2014-06-04 22:56  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.3116, -2.8250
this is the A38 traffic light junction at Sidcot , 19 miles south of Bristol
2014-06-04 22:50  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.5254, -2.6149
J 16 and 17 are just about ok , and better than central Bristol , though AVOID 18 , Avonmouth at all costs
2014-06-04 22:43  ⭐⭐
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51.4595, -2.5891
Central Bristol Silvey Northbound Can be very bad spot to hitch . Sign is essential . In heavy traffic cars cannot stop safely at all.
2014-06-04 22:17  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5260, -1.7260
Westbound is quite good . eastbound to London has limited space to stop
2014-06-03 21:02  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5099, -2.1567
got a lift promptly to Bristol at 03-00 in the morning after walking 1 mile along the motorway to get to the servies
2014-06-03 20:48  ⭐⭐⭐
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50.9758, -3.1557
dead after 7pm
2013-11-05 04:02  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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53.4076, -2.2656
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2013-11-05 03:57  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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53.4076, -2.2656
Prefer this spot to the petrol station and bus stop on Princess Rd where the cars are doing 50 or 60 mph and would have an accident if they stopped
2013-11-05 03:52  ⭐⭐⭐
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53.4201, -2.2597
waited 3 hours and then walked 2 km south west to the next slip road which was quiet and much better , after a kind driver told me to give up at that point at the fuel station
2013-11-05 03:48  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.5029, -0.6175
All the Slough junctions are bad , tight corners , nowhere to stop . Avoid Slough M4 junctions 5, 6 , 7 and 8
2013-11-05 03:43  ⭐⭐⭐
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53.3007, -2.4025
3 bad experiences so far in 2013 going south ....no cars . expect to wait 90 minutes and then be offered a lift to Hilton Park Services , Wolverhampton , which is also a 90 minute wait. Avoid Kuntsford and Hilton Pk . The rest of M6 is ok
2013-11-05 03:38  ⭐⭐
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52.5922, -2.0187
another 2 hour wait here at peak time . No cars . It is one of those service stations built in 1960 and no-one likes it
2013-11-05 03:35  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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52.4293, -2.0180
Frankley Southbound can be quite bad , often up to 2 hours , and there is often only 30 cars an hour ... No car driver would stop here as it is a sh*** hole
2013-11-05 03:32  ⭐⭐⭐
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50.9371, -2.6376
Yeovil is not a nice town
2013-11-05 03:31  ⭐⭐
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50.7118, -3.4632
avoid Exeter Services
2013-11-05 03:25  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.2775, -2.9181
quiet in evenings
2013-11-05 03:21  ⭐⭐⭐
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50.9758, -3.1557
Best to have a sign indicating EITHER Plymouth (A38) or Bude / Okehampton (A30) and do NOT accept a lift to Exeter services unless you want Exeter
2013-11-05 03:16  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5027, -2.3484
might take 30 - 60 minutes
2013-11-05 03:14  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5027, -2.3484
good, safe, hard shoulder with long visibility for cars to stop on .... not much traffic but easy for them to stop
2013-11-05 03:11  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.4986, -1.5908
Good spot for long distance lifts to Bristol or Wales or London if you are going East
2013-11-05 03:08  ⭐⭐
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51.5119, -2.5168
worth a go but don't try more than 15-20 minutes as the police / Highways will come and send you away
2013-11-05 02:55  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5158, -2.1208
I was left at chippenham junction 17 , so I ran along the motorway for 3k and got into the services at 2 am . waited 30 min and a lift straight into my suburb in Bristol ! With a woman !!!!!!!! ( Deutsche naturlich )
2013-11-05 02:51  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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51.5114, -2.1572
reliable but . little traffic
2013-11-05 02:50  ⭐⭐⭐
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51.4482, -1.3110
Membury services is 15 miles further west and better
2013-07-08 03:59  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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53.6310, -2.6892
Charnock Richard services is one of those fairly good northern services that can move you fast long dIistances .... MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONES FURHER SOUTH
2013-07-08 03:46  ⭐⭐
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52.5922, -2.0187
wrogly mapped Hilton Park ....but it's still really bad
2013-07-08 03:44  ⭐
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52.6438, -2.0563
much worse than keele , sandbach and stafford services so USE THEM !
2013-07-08 03:24  ⭐⭐
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52.4924, -2.0183
very very quiet in evening ..... but there are fewother options
2013-07-08 03:15  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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50.9758, -3.1557
If you are going far north , get out at Sedgemoor services and NOT at Bristol junctions - Jn 22 /21/19/18/16 . Or get out at Michaelwood services before Gloucester