Calais, journey’s end

The trip home

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June 2nd 2007
For our drive to the ferry we started using minor roads which were very pleasant and quiet. By lunch time, we were just south of Troyes and realised we need to start using the motorways, which we did and arrived in Calais with enough time to enjoy a quick steak frites before catching our ferry at 9pm. We were delayed by fog in the channel and after queuing for customs (sods law, we were last off t ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more