In the mid '70s I was working a shift system that gave me one week off in four, I used to travel from Lossie to Castle Donnington in an Alidair Viscount which had just dropped off the Scottish Daily Express (printed in Manchester) and hitch the rest of the way down to Pompey. I used the RN Clipper (Sea Devon or Sea Heron) to get back routing from Lee-on-Solent, Yeovilton, Culdrose, Brawdy, Prestwick, Turnhouse, Leuchars, and finally Lossiemouth.
All for free! Happy days.