manalishi:
Deffo a case for regulation with what we did as a routine before hitching was ‘outlawed’my last few days on the plates-
London-Elgin (deliver street/airport sweeper truck)
Hitch down to Peterhead-collect petrol tanker for Newcastle.
Hitch A66 to Penrith m6 (truck went north)
Hitch (1 hour wait from junction) to Forton MSA (For a Liverpool collection)
Hitch (■■■■ lucky one) Forton to Liverpool in lead car of volvo hearses on plates from Immingham.
Merc Maybach car home to Manchester cancelled (customs issue,home on train)
End of plating as a career.The hiking wrecked me.Enjoyable but unsustainable on the health front long-term.
There is no ‘case’ because in the real world the job just ain’t, nor can afford to be, done in such an inefficient driver unfriendly way.
London - Scotland or Scottish borders will deffo mean a night out at a pre booked and paid hotel.Any dead mileage required will be done by train/bus/taxi time and fares all paid for.
The most awkward jobs I get are to/from remote farm type locations involving a big taxi fare but more often non trade plate jobs in which the customers generally are happy to collect or drop me at the nearest station or bus stop.Having said that I’ve had some good long walks in that regard when the customer can’t help and taxis are booked out.No big deal.