This is a challenge set for any British public boarding school boy/ girl. One driver and a group of loyal comrades embark on a return trip to Calais in one night. The aim is to sneak out of the boarding house after the evening register, drive to folkestone, hop over to calais, get a snap of the 4 pioneers in front of the famous "Calais Sign" and get back to the boarding house in time for some brekky without being caught. You later show your housemaster/ housemistress the photo with a marked time. As the myth goes this has only been completed once by 4 Harrowvian troopers. These men will forever be remembered in the hearts and minds of public school boys future, present and past.
Back in my school days I completed the Calais challenge with my mates.
Did you hear about the legend of the Calais challenge.
Did you hear about the legend of the Calais challenge.
by Bill Wage December 05, 2018