| Amsterdam Hitch '91
A charity hitch-hike for the university from Exeter to Amsterdam. Except record cold conditions meant that it was cancelled. So, of 400 planning to go only 6 of us were clueless enough not to check the notice board. Click on image for bigger picture. |
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| Hitching in snow, initially amusing |  |
| Please drive your slush into our hand-crafted signs |  |
| The sum-total of 6 fools meeting up on the ferry over the Channel |  |
| Bevvies on the boat |  |
| Some insane act named Fletch |  |
| Sleeping between the seats...standard student fare |  |
| Arriving the next morning, deposited in a town called Munster in -10C. Note dead heron in ditch. |  |
| Catching a lift with some minister, make it to "the Dam" |  |
| Baroque splendour |  |
| Construction sites |  |
| Coldest streak in 20 years or some such. Canal is a skating rink |  |
| Cold & poor | |
| Hotel Bryan. Stoners |  |
| Including the cat |  |
| Woman on bicycle, believing that ducking will eradicate her image from the picture? |  |
| Sinclair C5, museum piece |  |
| Chilly |  |
| Notacouple |  |
| Riiksmuseum |  |
| Leap into the air in redlight zone |  |
| <WelshPerv> |  |
| Abandoned furniture on the canal |  |
| Boobytrapped! |  |
| Public Urinals definitely emphasize the "public" part |  |
| Getting rid of the last of it |  |
| Cheat & take the train from Amsterdam to the Hoek of Holland for the ferry |  |
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| Getting a drink from a dispenser eager to please |  |
| Unlimited drinks |  |
| Who are we to refuse such an offer? |  |
| Another night on a ferry (2nd in 3 days) |  |
| Still snowy in Blighty upon our return |  |
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| A cunning ploy to hitch |  |
| Begging doesn't get you far in Slough... |  |