For hitch-hiking mate you need to hold your arm out to the side and point your thumb the way you're going.. most of they folk probably thought you were saying hi
Amazing stuff I have just discovered your videos keep up the good work you have travelled more than me and I am scottish. But do.plan to.do the west highland way.
yoo need to take a wee ferry far WEYMESS BAY ( GET A TRAIN FAE GLESGA CENTRAL & WB is the last stop..have a wee mooch in the lub cafe n bookshop n walk doon the pier n get a ferry across to BUTE...its a fab wee island son yil love it 👍👍😁
I see Oystercatchers all the time, they wake me up at 3 and 4 in the morning sometimes, and they never shut up! I've been lucky to see lots and lots of seals too - many coastal towns have boat trips out to see the nearest seal colonies. I got lost on the hill behind Catacol once when the path I was on just came to a dead end... I had to walk all the way back to Lochranza...and then I had to pull some ticks off myself, ew! I learned that day to always keep your arms and legs covered if walking through ferns!
@@Eddycheeee far too dangerous now, I did it in the early 70s heading to Greece, it was a different world then, yes you had your terrorists, murderers etc back then but the Internet seems to have made the world a bit more crazier 🌺🏴🏴
Yo, loving this vid series lad, as others have said, they probably just thought you were waving, they weren't scared!. You gotta stick your thumb out, used to hitchhike all the time as a kid, it's not really a common thing nowadays. Hope anyone watching has now had their preconceptions about Scots shattered, we're very friendly, welcoming and generous.
When I was cycling from Brodick to lochranza, listening to music on a nice sunny day, when a car started to beep, beep,beep.I was a bit annoyed, but the guy wound down his window and said "you're toilet roll" I looked back and my toilet roll had fallen out my bag and was stretched out 200 yards down the road.
Please don't rely on cars stopping for you in remote places. I'm a nice person but I would never give a random a ride for safety reasons. What if nobody stopped for you. You could get dehydrated or hurt or disorientated. 😢 Hire a car next time! If you don't drive then get a travel buddy! I'm glad you visited there it looks stunning. But this isn't a safe way to plan travel xxx
Hey eddy was doing the arran costal way done ma knee in on the rocks strugled quater of the way along the string going to brodick had to stick my thumb out first time ever got a pik up 3rd car lucky was a lovely english couple they saved me hours of pain wish i could pay em back
When you're walking narrow country roads you should be on the right hand side so you're facing traffic coming towards you and can hop onto the verge, its actually part of the highway code.
Not when you're hitchhiking, they expect to see you on the left, but it would be courteous -and safe! - to only hitch on the straight parts of roadway and for these little bend areas to cross over and do as you suggest. That's how I'd do it!
On that beach you're looking over to the beautiful isle of bute where I live! In national geographic top 10 places in the world to visit! We'd love to have you here one day!
i hitch hike a lot, its perfectly normal when you go far north. my tip is get some brown paper bags, then cut them down the sides and open it up and write the name of the place your going on it. its cool cause you can use the handles to hold up the sign. my record for getting a lift is from lochinver to ullapool, it took 0.3seconds for somebody to stop.
It's perfectly normal all over Europe and that includes the UK. I know the roundabouts and stopping places and good motorway services with truck cafes built in, all over the UK. The UK is STILL hitching friendly, despite the numbers of people doing it being much less than, say, the 90s when I used to see loads of people! If I try to hitch anywhere in UK, I generally will get a lift. I always avoid cities for obvious reasons and try to stick to good parts of the road, thet I, roundabout exits, straight bits of road with a lay-by just 100yds ahead of where I standing so they can easily pull in for me. Just always consider the drivers and think of where they can pull in if they want to stop for you. One last thing. unless you are say on a small island like this video, which has just one road all around the outside and one road crossing the middle of the island, then you do not need the following but for most places whenever you are hitchhiking: ALWAYS HOLD UP A SIGN WITH YOUR DESTINATION ON IT, INCLUDING, if the road ahead later splits, then you'll want to write THE ROAD YOU WITH TO GO ON. Something like BRISTOL (M5). Be Safe and try to go in pairs! 9r at least have a phone.
One time in Arran, we hitchhiked it from Corrie to Brodick, it was some homeless man that got us the lift, when we were Corrie there was a bullet hole in the telephone box
I hitchhiked the length and breadth of Britain when i was 16 until I was 18 and then I did it periodically for the next decade and never had a thing happen to me that was worth any fear. I met the most amazing and kind people. People that i just could not have met any other way. Do not let fear prevent you from experiencing life! 🙂🙂🙂👍😉
Nice one Eddy u smiling mad man, i enjoyed that. 👍You could sense that fine couple were “passing it on”, their love of Little Scotland onto yr good self. Marvellous stuff.
I absolutely love your Scottish adventures Eddy. You've done more than I and I've only lived here for 52 years lol. I did sail from Ardrossan to Arran as an 10 year old, but never came off the ferry as it was a trip we were invited to. Never been to a Celtic match lol Keep up the good work. PS, when are you moving to Scotland to stay lol and when are you visiting Barra and see the aeroplane landing on the beach?
Was worried that you were not going to experience a little hospitality for a lone hitch hiker on such a small island, but then fate brought that lovely couple, who did not even belong to the island. Been to both Peebles and Gourock. Today, I payed a pleasant visit to Linlithgow, which is near Falkirk, just for the day.
