A group of friends, one of whom is boasting a mullet to make their mother proud, tuck in to some food in Athens during a post-A-level InterRail trip in 1986. "It was healthier than the McDonalds we seemed to frequent on our month-long trek through 16 countries by train," says the reader. "Still all chipper at this halfway stage, after which we travelled towards the west coast of Norway. Such youthful energy and ambition!" Photograph: edie285/GuardianWitness