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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve Babbs" data-source="post: 1813126" data-attributes="member: 7122">As someone who hitched a lot I'd agree with those who said it was far from 'romantic'.  Tedious is the most suitable adjective.  I wish all people were really friendly.  Does anyone else remember a Cley resident who regularly snapped at people who rang up, occasional slammed the phone down.  Moaned about having his food interrupted but didn't think to sit somewhere else and let someone else answer.  As for the crowds being so much worse now - does no-one else remember the golden-winged warbler?  There were more 'characters' about - many of whom were slagged off by the masses.Don't get me wrong I'm not adverse to nostalgia -in fact I can go on about the good old days for ages-  and I too know many of the people in Mark Cocker's superb book, but there is often a bad case of rose-tinted spectacles.</blockquote>