Fair Maid Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Was having a conversation about this the other day. I can't remember the last time I saw a hitchhiker. Someone said it was outlawed. Is it? I remember me and my mates all did it and without fear ( but maybe that was invincible youth & stupidity) Often gave lifts myself once I learned to drive. Any stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Was returning a repaired Camper van to Newtonmore from a Perth dealership and picked up two foreign female hitch-hikers . Got as far as the straight before the Pitlochry turn off when the exhaust pipe fell off, thus ending the hikers journey . Crossed a field to get to the red phone box to get the vehicle recovery truck and got chased by two bulls . Delivered the Camper van a week later (minus hikers ) Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) The foreign girls must have been so disappointed about your exhaust pipe not being up to the job, Hoodlum! But I bet the bulls enjoyed themselves though - Edited March 25, 2014 by Fair Maid HOODLUM65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Still see them every summer on the A9 with their destination placards, but always in pairs now. Â Hitched all over the place as a youngster and gave plenty of lifts when I had a car, but no Hoodlum bullshit stories Fair Maid and The ghost of Jim Morton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 There is always loads of hitchhikers out Scone way during the berry picking season. Â Don't pick any up though cause it wouldn't be worth their while as I live in Scone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Is it not illegal to hitchike on our motorways ?  Hence when you do see anyone doing it they always stand at a roundabout (or better known as circles to our Dundee friends) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Would you do it now if you had to though? I think I would still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul N Shark Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Used to hitch hike to saints games in the early 80,s had some good laughs, you always got a lift no matter where you were headed and you would sneak on the Saints bus home. Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochwinnochsaintee Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Might be the only way for some to get to the final if the special trains fill up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I saw the oldest hitch hiker I've ever seen last week - must have been in his 70s. Â Just beside the Glover Arms, heading Crieff way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I saw the oldest hitch hiker I've ever seen last week - must have been in his 70s. Â Just beside the Glover Arms, heading Crieff way. Oh, AthensSaint's back, is he? jhq and uphallsaint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I saw the oldest hitch hiker I've ever seen last week - must have been in his 70s.  Just beside the Glover Arms, heading Crieff way. Wasn't  Mad Max's dad come out of retirement was it? fazman1977 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Wasn't  Mad Max's dad come out of retirement was it? No, it was weird actually,  the guy looked very well dressed and normal - just seemed out of place LAUGH OUT LOUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fazman1977 Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Tranmere: That's EXACTLY who I thought about when I read that quote. Tranmere Saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Used to hitch hike to saints games in the early 80,s had some good laughs, you always got a lift no matter where you were headed   same here Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I used to hitch hike with slf. I was asked to take over the driving, not sure what turtle was doing in the back of the van with the driver tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uphallsaint Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 And it's best you never know Athens. Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamwork Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) So many nutters about these days I doubt it's safe, but yes I've picked a few up over the years. Fell asleep on a train years ago from Glasgow to Perth and woke up in Inverness - no trains back till next day and decided to hitch it, got one lift all the way back !! Edited May 18, 2014 by Teamwork Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fair Maid Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Laughing at you waking up in Inverness. No doubt it wasn't funny at the time - what did you think when you woke up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamwork Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I didn't know where the hell I was !!! Drink had been taken !! Popped into my mums in Scone, but didn't have much time left, couple of hours and headed back to London - waste of a weekend !!! Fair Maid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 I didn't know where the hell I was !!! Drink had been taken !! Popped into my mums in Scone, but didn't have much time left, couple of hours and headed back to London - waste of a weekend !!!   And welcome back, nice to meet you in  the Times Bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamwork Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Cheers mate - you too !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 We had a great system at Stirling U where you walked out the entrance over the road and tried to hitch north for 30 minutes to an hour and if not maybe resorting to the bus. It was usually four of us. The main asset we had was Karen, a very very physically attractive person according to me, the other two, the rest of the Hall of Residence, the student union and the whole campus really including some pervert lecturers. She used to call males boys instead of guys. Initially we stood there all begging for lifts wi the old thumb in the air but that wasn't that great. Then Phil The Pill came up with a genius idea of leaving Karen where she was and suggesting that we three went down the embarkment and lay down so that we weren't seen He insisted that Karen posed in the way he said and actually started positioning her until she got furious.  (Kirsty Wark was at Stirling in these years and we were not exactly championing her view on modern women - we were sexist bampots using Karen to get a lift home) Anyway we went down the embarkment and lay flat. "C'mon boys flat for Christ's sake" was a comment and males are pretty crude at times so anyway we had a laugh. However the key part was her negotiating skills because the cars and lorrys/vans started to stop very quickly but she had to say things like "They're nice boys really ........ ", "They don't act like that normally .......", "Yes Ronnie needs to buy a new parka, I know he's just attached to that one", "I'm not sure what they're going to with their lives later but ........ ", "No none of them have any infectious diseases ..... ". To be honest it was very surreal listening to a woman standing talking to passing cars in an attempt to get us home while we were lying down an embarkment, Phil preferring on his back. However it was massively successful and she was loyal enough to refuse lifts where there weren't four potential spaces.  There was no motorway/gual carriageway, the road went through Stirling and Dunblane, and also had to go through Perth so it was all fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsaintee Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 did you marry karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 did you marry karen  No I wanted her to remain a free woman and fulfilled. We were all immature even her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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