Into the shadows (part 1)

A 3,200-mile road trip to see some of Europe’s most famous, and infamous, sights

Words and photos Peter Bates

“Our target was the Czech Republic, to visit Prague, before heading on to Poland” The journey began with an overnight stay at Hawthorn Farm at Cliffe near Dover. We did not want to race down to the ferry, cross and reach our first destination all in the same day, so chose to break it up with an overnight stay in England. And just as well we did really, as what should have been a 4½-hour first leg of the journey turned into eight hours. Hawthorn Farm is a pleasant site in a village close to St. Margaret’s at Cliffe, where there is a Norman church and one or two very nice, reasonably priced restaurants. After a good night’s sleep, we left the next morning for Dover where we boarded the…

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