<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:36:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@roamingpencil/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hitchhiking to a wedding]]></title><description><![CDATA[In late March, after spending twelve days at a Vipassana meditation center, I had about a week and a half with No Plans. My no-plans-plan was to spend them hitchhiking and wildcamping around Wales. Two]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travelfeed/@roamingpencil/hitchhiking-to-a-wedding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travelfeed/@roamingpencil/hitchhiking-to-a-wedding</guid><category><![CDATA[travelfeed]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roamingpencil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328b9qq8EqfzYBnCYVv9zAovjb8Mfx7qb3MmVppxDsXwMtbexmQpmJXwJBuTUiTq9g1HjtZRHC7tLnyu3ooeNrueDLRjjFphFPYZ7L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What hitchhiking solo taught me about loneliness]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my life, I felt lonely quite often, and I didn't like it. As a child growing up in a violent household, I never had a place I could really call home or a family to rely on. I couldn't wait to leave]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hitchhiking/@roamingpencil/what-hitchhiking-solo-taught-me-about-loneliness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hitchhiking/@roamingpencil/what-hitchhiking-solo-taught-me-about-loneliness</guid><category><![CDATA[hitchhiking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roamingpencil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81U6prmjbUtuSmGiMwv494w6Datk1gUGcb9CiKNA63rvnEiB2FmJEpTtBBZMqtZVc9F8T91o9iFSXipQk7y2xQ9UxQJx7Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>