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I told you it'd be sh!te.
One thing I've learnt with age is to take advice. How long will it take you?
A particular problem of public transport is that it passes through public transport terminuses. Where does the pond life hang out in Liverpool? At the bus and train station.
On a m/c you would never go there.
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Not even a hint of schadenfreude in this post - honest
If you think it's bad now, with all the gap year teens wondering why their grandad's got on the bus with them, just wait until you get to my age. If you go backpacking with a few years on the clock, and on your own, people think there's something wrong with you, that you're homeless or something. As you've probably found, walking with a backpack attracts every nutter and chancer within miles - especially if you're a bit older and look as if you might have some money.
Bet you wish you'd left half the stuff in the sack behind now!
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walking with a backpack
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Schadenfreude indeed.
It depends where you walk, and when.
The OP doesn't mention any form of hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, rambling, mountaineering or any of the other activities associated with the ubiquitous backpack and an amount of leg work.
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Ted
I told you it'd be sh!te.
One thing I've learnt with age is to take advice. How long will it take you?
A particular problem of public transport is that it passes through public transport terminuses. Where does the pond life hang out in Liverpool? At the bus and train station.
On a m/c you would never go there.
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That the biggest downer. You have to go where you'd never go. Seeing all the best stuff through a glass window disappearing behind you. Whilst jammed into a overcrowded tin box full of people who say"Awesome" a lot.. For hours on end. :/
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A particular problem of public transport is that it passes through public transport terminuses. Where does the pond life hang out in Liverpool? At the bus and train station.
On a m/c you would never go there.
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Agree totally, when speaking to people who have been ripped off, robbed or had any sort of unpleasant experience it is usually at a bus or train station.
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