Calais challenge
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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.
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