The Spirit of the '60s: My First Hitchhike to Weymouth

Send us Fan MailIn the 1960s, hitchhiking was part of the spirit of the age — carefree, adventurous, and wide open. With a thumb raised and a rucksack slung over your shoulder, the road itself became an invitation. Cars pulled over with a wave or a smile, and soon you’d be sharing stories with a lorry driver, a family off on holiday, or fellow travellers chasing the same horizon. The air was alive with change then — pop music was the heartbeat of this change — raw, thrilling, and utterly alive, the hum of new ideas, the scent of freedom — and hitchhiking wove us into it all. Every journey felt like possibility: laughter in the front seat, music drifting from the radio, and the simple joy of being young in a world that seemed endless and welcoming.I was part of that age and that's  why I wrote the story of hitchhiking to Weymouth for the first time.  Here in this podcast my son James has recorded my words which I hope will give you the feeling of the adventure and the spirit of the times.  Enjoy! Visit my website for more podcasts and articles - a space where the past meets the present, and where I try to use my experience and travels to bring history, places to life. Enjoy my travels by train and bicycle on trips through England, France and beyond. Check out my thoughts on current affairs and climate change, - some serious and some I hope you will find informative. Join me in these conversations across time and place; past and present.