Thats cool yeah Bristol is rad I got a lot of friends up there.
Ash Victim that sounds so cool, your busking adventure idea sounds great and I would love to be your partner on that but I think the horrible truth is that you need a female partner. 2 boys hitching in England fucking sucks. Me and my friend had to wait about 6 hours one time to get out of London, while I've never heard of a male-female duo having to wait more than 30 mins.
Although I warn you guys, the nature of hobo life is free and sporadic, especially when you cant hop trains. So hitch hiking while trying to keep to a tight schedule can prove impossible.
Also I think you can do it in the UK in Winter. It never really gets that cold here. I did it in Oregon which is even colder and wetter than England. It's all about having good tarps and knowing how to stay dry
definitely be up for doing something similar again! In fact I really want to do the same again but this time hitching, last time we booked cheap trains and buses in advance so it was all planned, I'd like to do it more spontaneously and just see where the road takes us. I defo want someone to do it with and not do it alone though! need to hurry up though because it's going to be getting cold again soon maybe and won't be able to sleep rough unless we wanna freeze our asses off. We could always do what we did on my last busking tour though and go to open mic nights in the evening and play a few songs and let people know we're in need of somewhere to sleep. It worked both times we needed to do it! (all other nights we had arranged to sleep with friends). 
