Heading to Europe. Had a sign saying M25 S. Waited 50 minutes then got a lift to Cobham services. (Think most traffic here is heading straight into London)

Heading to Europe. Had a sign saying London, got a lift in 15 minutes with a Bulgarian guy who dropped me at Reading services.

Heading to Europe. Waited 30 minutes with sign saying London and got a lift to first services on motorway.

Long wait in the afternoon, trying to get to London. Got a ride eventually.

2 drivers pulled over within 10 minutes, they were going north though. Then a Sikh man pulled over and drove me all the way to London. Had a sign that said EAST

2 drivers pulled over within 10 minutes, they were going north though. Then a Sikh man pulled over and drove me all the way to London. Had a sign that said EAST

Pretty chill, couple people stopped took me as far as they could (reading services) as was trying to get to London. Waited using a sign first then just used thumb and that was better maybe

Not many cars going from the petrol station but easy to stop. Got a lift to North London very quickly:)

was asking people exiting the rest stop bit and soon got a lift to London (though I could've gone all the way to Dover)

I ran to this spot right after the ferry arrived, everyone is driving super slow and there's space for up to a van to stop for you here, had a sign for london but that was pure ambition; I think the spot's prolly shit if you're not here right after a ferry came in

asked around the car park, lorry park and thumbed at the exit of services for a lift to London. took us a while but eventually some electricians took us separately in 2 vans to Borehamwood. I seem to remember it not being the busiest of services, so be patient!

not good but not the worst. most people going to eurotunnel, so was tricky to find a lift towards London. I seem to remember us being kicked out from the shell so we had to ask around at the services proper, and a dude took us to Maidenhead services

seemed to be the best spot heading london direction. after a medium wait a lovely guy took us to Folkestone. anything was better than being stuck in Dover!

I always sit on the bench outside McDonald's. It means everyone stopping at this service station gets a chance to look at you and think about offering you a ride. You can also chat with the smokers whilst you're waiting here. My sign said "NORTH please :)" I got an offer to London after 20 minutes, I declined as I was aiming for Norfolk. A couple minutes later I got a ride to Ipswich.

first people i asked were a lovely couple from london with an open top car that took me to near nice. not the busiest service station, but it seemed to have a decent flow of cars on the sunday i was hitching.

Best spot heading out of stroud south cos youve filtered a lot of local traffic by this point. If you can get a ride to the glider cafe then youre sorted towards ciren, swindon or london.

Got picked up quicksticks. 11 AM on a tuesday. Taken all the way to kingston in london by a delivery driver.

First car asked for Ghent. As I have a friend there who picked up the phone in bed...perfect. Had been a long day's hitch from London on little sleep :-)

Got a ride to London!

Kept asking people if they were going to London, some people going the other direction or Manchester. Could not find a ride. Tried going out of the city but also could not get a ride there.