Event of the Year 2020

Take me away (Arrived)

Racers

Updates

  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:49 p.m. - Touch down! The shows over folks
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 8:26 p.m. - We are the luckiest ducks in the entire damn pond. These gals ( Anker and Smiller) (defo butchered that spelling) are taking us to the hostel door. We're flying, we're zooming, we're soaring. That chat is flowing, the music is bumping and I've got oodles of leg room. Copenhagen inbound captain
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 6:52 p.m. - O M G. Two girls on the way to Sweden are going through Copenhagen in their fancy ass car. What!? Pessimism pays.
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 6:23 p.m. - Richard was a gem, but alas the service station was shut. We've been dropped at the nearest petrol station, and I'll keep it 💯, it's not looking good bruv. But the hallos are flowing out and the thumb is up - hopefully someone's going north!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 4:07 p.m. - Saved. We were feeling tired, destitute and honestly pretty sick of this whole hitchhiking business. But Richard appeared, muttering German and now speaking beautiful English. God bless Richard. He's got his deaf and blind son (?) and watching them communicate is pretty damn cool. Cruising towards towards north Hamburg!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 2:35 p.m. - Dropped off in a service station with somewhat good energy? Greek man bought us lunch that will feed the 500, and Matt has got onto a live stream twitch thing?
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 12:17 p.m. - Ok well in a car with a Greek man who speaks none of the language we could even attempt so we give thanks to Google translate. We even think we are heading towards hanover.
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:18 a.m. - Completely forgot to mention, but just moments before getting this lift we were stopped by the German rozzers after someone called reported us lol
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:04 a.m. - Did you know the longest single word palindrome in the English language is “redivider” which has 9 letters. Anyway, lift number 9 with a lovely polish delivery driver has been snared. Hanover here we come!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 8:26 a.m. - A lift onto the autobahn finally ! Our first female driver she seems lovely.
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 6:18 a.m. - After a lovely night of (horizontal!) sleeping we are off to tackle Germany.
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 7:06 p.m. - Okay okay okay, a teeny weeny lift. Fascinating guy, whenever someone's says "I'm not a racist , but" you know that they are going to say something definitively racist. But anyway, we are tuckered up in the cheapest hostel charity can buy and eagerly await a warm shower and soft pillow. 5 countries one day!!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 3:52 p.m. - They just can't pin us down! Same service station that Stan the man left us last year and Pepijn (I think) is taking us to near the German border. We really are slipping and sliding our way through Europe so far.
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 1:03 p.m. - We have been taken away! - from the UK by means of a lift on the ferry. Europe is our oyster.
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 10:14 a.m. - Dreadful nights sleep in the service station. Like absolutely diabolical. Buttttt! Just got a lift to dover from a kind soul who has agreed to take us to Belgium. Hey ho and away we go!!! SIGNOFF UK
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 7:37 a.m. - AWAKE and ready to be lifted
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 11:37 p.m. - Quotes of the last ride: - trump will come back and save us , drill drill drill (regarding oil) and shut the borders. - I will pay for your marriage and lend you my unimog for 2 weeks a year, just text me. settling down in a service station in what will at best be a terrible night sleep.
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 11:03 p.m. - We've finally been dropped off at Gillingham services after a momentous lift from worlds most baffling man. Should be set up nicely for more smooth sailing tomorrow tho :)
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 7:44 p.m. - Still chugging towards London. Troy (the driver) is but far and and away the most interesting and incredible guy I've ever met. What a journey jeez
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 6:43 p.m. - Truck driver ! Crazy guy but going south!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 6:06 p.m. - Got dropped by will, then a speedy dinner and then scooted 1 service station down by a group of lads! It's ain't looking hopeful tho
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 3:08 p.m. - When most people think of the Angel of the north they think of the big metal fella near Newcastle, but not us. The true Angel of the North is Will, who's got great chat and has been every cool place on the planet. Splendid.
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 1:04 p.m. - New me new lift. A short excursion in Dunbar but now we are sailing down the beautiful A1 towards Nottingham!! Red VW camper
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 12:10 p.m. - First lift from Jake and his two kids! Only to Dunbar but we will take it, especially since the workers at the last petrol station didn't seem thrilled to have us there. he's got 2 kids so I think we chilling
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 11:32 a.m. - We've set up shop for the first time in the exact same service station as last year! It's been redone and is super swanky, may a lift come soon!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 8:40 a.m. - We await the free Edinburgh bus in the glorious Dundee bus station. The birds are soaring above us, the city is clearly still sleeping but the competition is already fierce. Please please somebody take us away
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 7:13 a.m. - we are now team 10! Reminds me of Ben 10, but I don't think I'm gunna get a Omnitrix. Let's get going ya scallywags