Regularly hitching between Coventry and Cottesmore, in uniform, was not a problem-until. Wanting to watch the final CCFC home game one Tuesday evening, and being overconfident of my hitchhiking prowess, I tried said journey in civvies. For the very last time. Reached Cottesmore in the small hours feeling like I'd walked half the way.
Walked almost the entire leg Uppingham/Oakham. That learned me!