Event of the Year 2020

99 Problems (But a Hitch Ain't One) (Arrived)

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Updates

  • Feb. 28, 2024, 8:37 a.m. - arrival at hostel
  • Feb. 28, 2024, 8:29 a.m. - Team 26 99 Problems Stepping off the bus in Copenhagen we made it! Off to the hostel 🏃
  • Feb. 28, 2024, 6:04 a.m. - Morning! Rise and shine! After a comfortable 4hrs sleep only briefly interrupted by passport checks we are awake! Our bus is moving through the city of Odense and we can practically smell copenhagen from here!
  • Feb. 28, 2024, 1:41 a.m. - Good evening (morning? what is time anyway?)! 99 Problems have boarded the bus to Copenhagen from Hamburg! We are due to arrive at about 09:20 so we will check in with you then! For now, it's time for sleep 😴
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 11:10 p.m. - Guten Abend! We are now in Hamburg central station! Vibes were weird so we are chilling in the busy 24hr maccies (what would we do without our maccies) until our bus at 02:30!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:02 p.m. - Salutations! 99 Problems but a hitch IS one. we have left the bus and have transferred onto a train headed to hamburg central station! Ciao!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 9:35 p.m. - Hello safety team. We had a close call with the last hope, the final bus out. We got on and were 20 cents short of the bus fare. Thankfully, the driver is the best person in the entire universe and waived the extra. call that blagging eh? On our way on bus to Neu Wulmstorf
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 9:08 p.m. - Gutentag! Slight hiccup in 99 problems plans! We realised that we had enough donations to hop on a late bus from Hamburg central to Copenhagen alas how do we get to Hamburg! it seems nobody here is travelling that way and there are no taxis or ubers! there is a glimmer of hope, namely a bus that comes at 10 30. Should this bus fail some nice gentlemen have said we can eventually hitch a ride with them!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 7:41 p.m. - Grind us up, put us on a grill and serve us between two buns with lettuce tomato and pickle we have reached the outskirts of HAMBURG!!! So happy to be here thank you so much Tom!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 5:32 p.m. - And we're off! The terrific Tom is taking us to Hamburg! We are slipping and sliding through Germany faster than you can say "Wohltätigkeit"
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 4:48 p.m. - 90 Problems checking in! Deducted a further 9 problems because Patrick is an absolute KING. not only did he bring us out his way to the outskirts of Münster, he also played some proper 80s bangers and even gave us €50 for our travels. I'm not crying you're crying
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 2:26 p.m. - We are so on fire we are just a pile of ash. nothing remains. i am nowt but cinder. we scranned some food and managed to secure a ride all the way to bielefeld. nothing can stop us now, the goose flies on!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 1:35 p.m. - WE ARE IN GERMANY 🇩🇪 Thank you Tess for everything you were incredible! Refuelling with some McPlant nuggs before hitching further!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 12:22 p.m. - Team 26 100 Problems In Barchon!! Already secured another lift! Headed to somewhere in Germany!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 12:02 p.m. - Holy smokes! does someone smelling burning because we are on FIRE 🔥 A nice gentleman is giving us a lift to Herstal, hopefully we will FINALLY secure a lift to Germany! I can smell the bratwurst already!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 11:29 a.m. - Team 26 100 Problems Dropped off a bit before Liege! At a much more promising service station looking for a lift to Germany!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:58 a.m. - What a fleeting visit! We are in a swanky EV headed to Liege! On il va!!!!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:46 a.m. - The lovely guy has dropped us near Tienen! Hoping to catch a lift to Germany from here!!!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 10:23 a.m. - We are on the move! en route to somewhere near Liege!!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 9:01 a.m. - Hello! 100 Problems is at a service station on the E40 hoping to catch a lift to Liege!!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 7:33 a.m. - Hi! Unfortunately our hitchhiking spot proved fruitless but thankfully a lovely donor by the name of Sarah Warner (definitely not Tash's mum) is funding our journey onto Leuven via train where we will try to get to a service station! Onwards ho!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 6:16 a.m. - Just outside of brussels now! Hoping to catch a lift at this busy intersection!!
  • Feb. 27, 2024, 5:37 a.m. - Using a €10 note given to us on the Ferry, we have boarded a train headed to just outside Brussels where we will try to get a lift to Liege or Leuven! Allons y!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 9:46 p.m. - BIG win for us the cheapest hotel I managed to book last minute in Brussels is SO NICE. this is us going to SLEEP for the night hoping for an early start tomorrow!!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 8:21 p.m. - Hallo! 100 Problems has landed in Brussels ready for the mightiest of scran at maccies of course before heading to a hostel we have booked (so far only non donated expense!)
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 6:52 p.m. - Bonsoir! We are on a flixbus kindly paid for through donations we collected about to leave for Brussels! Planning on calling it a night there and looking for somewhere cheap to get some rest! Deducting a problem because the PLAN IS IN PLACE!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 5:08 p.m. - Salut! We are off the ferry en route to Lille with the same car!! Knackered but hyped!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 3:05 p.m. - On the Ferry to Calais!! Will send next update on arrival!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 1:16 p.m. - Good fortune hath comest our way. A lovely man from France has picked us up and will take us to the Ferry, though with the delays that may take a while! Still he seems so nice and we are happy to be on our way!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 11:34 a.m. - Bonjour! We have made it to a BP just outside Dover hoping to catch a lift!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 10:55 a.m. - A man named Ivor is giving us a lift to Dover! Not going on ferry but we'll be nearby!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 10:09 a.m. - Good day! We are at maidstone services eagerly waiting to grab a lift to Dover! Ready to hound more people
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 9:31 a.m. - Alas another problem, Thurrock services are not the one for those headed south. We did run into a lovely man who helped people doing race2 years ago who kindly donated enough cash for a taxi onwards, to maidstone we go!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 6:44 a.m. - We have been dropped off at Thurrock service station! Hoping this is a promising place to hitch a lift to Dover!! Stay tuned!!
  • Feb. 26, 2024, 6:17 a.m. - MORNING! Early start for 100 Problems, just set off with the legend that is Andrew Levenson! On our way to Thurrock service station!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 9:34 p.m. - Good evening! 100 Problems have safely arrived in the Levenson household where they are positively pooped from the long day of travelling, time for SLEEP
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 8:14 p.m. - A teary goodbye with Dominic but thankfully we are close to the Levenson household so we have been picked up by the incredible Andy (Ethan's Dad). Onward bound to some pizza and hotty chocclys!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 6:08 p.m. - Hello!! Final pit stop on the way to London with Dominic at a service station just off the M6 toll road, London see you soon!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 4:46 p.m. - Cruising down the road past Wigan, listening to the League cup final (Tash is hoping Chelsea will lose), reading our books, enjoy the scenery good vibes all around!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 2:42 p.m. - Penrith pit stop! Perfect place to piss! Palpable peppiness from our problematic posse! Peace out!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 2:14 p.m. - Hello lovely safety team volunteers! We are out of Scotland woooo! We are still securely in our lift with our bestie Dominic on our way down the west side of England to London! Having a great time so deducting another problem 😁
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 12:40 p.m. - Stroke of luck! The glorious Dominic has rescued us and is driving all the way to London! We have deducted a problem for this tremendous fortune! Wooooooooo!!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 12:08 p.m. - Absolute legend has dropped us off at a much more promising spot!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 11:56 a.m. - Hello! We are getting a short trip to another hopefully better petrol station, as we had little luck at the last one. Let's keep the momentum rolling!!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 11:03 a.m. - Hello! Our team has made it to our second Mcdonalds of the day near Edinburgh airport! A teary goodbye to our best friend Olly, we eagerly await our next lift! Au Revoir!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 10:23 a.m. - Good news! A nice man named Olly has agreed to give us a lift to near Edinburgh Airport! We have the wind in our sails! Onwards!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 9:13 a.m. - 100 Problems Good morrow! We are at the service station near perth!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 8:47 a.m. - Salutations safety team! No further problems for us! We have hitched a ride with the lovely picadilly from Tanzania on the way to Perth!!
  • Feb. 25, 2024, 8:09 a.m. - Getting off the bus! Problem 1: YOU DROPPED US IN DUNDEE