They might not be
thumbing lifts at the roadside, but they may as well be.
It's a word she associates not with
thumbing lifts from strangers, but with me begging her not to "hitch up" her school skirt transforming it into a St Trinian's micro-mini.
And a Mancunian actress has been
thumbing lifts dressed as a mythical figure of lore - the White Wife - collecting stories from drivers.
On his route to Orkney JB, who has run regular open mic nights in Middlesbrough and Stockton, was busking to raise cash for the day centre and then
thumbing lifts.
Students
thumbing lifts to Copenhagen Picture: ANDREW TEEBAY
The hitch has been held annually for 16 years and this year hopes to raise pounds 300,000 through 800 intrepid hitchers
thumbing lifts to Morocco.
"But my trek across the world by
thumbing lifts was an amazing experience."
But in the past Bertie has been left
thumbing lifts on runways as the old Government plane packed up.
Jojo, 21, who worked as a waitress in Dublin, disappeared in November 1995 while
thumbing lifts home to Kilkenny.
And they had to rely on generous motorists stunned at seeing celebrities like EastEnders' Robbie, Ricky, Alan and Tiffany
thumbing lifts.
"I remember being passed down to the front of the Kop as a young boy in the mid-sixties and
thumbing lifts to away games on the motorway.
The 21-year-old waitress was
thumbing lifts late at night as she made her way home from Dublin to Kilkenny.