They listened to the radio and their own thoughts as they moved on. Just listen to your thoughts is a phrase that we do say as they move on. Where are you headed? Asked the driver. Headed to be headed somewhere, means to be going somewhere. Do you want to come? When you get to the pub, you head to the bar. And then when you've finished, you head home. So for the driver, he's trying to make polite conversation. I don't know why it was necessary for the hitcher to point north at this in this case,. where are you going? Northi got my compass. North that way. Are you travelling to visit friends?