was my first trip outside of the UK. I set off with a friend to hitch to the South of France. It took us a whole day to reach Arras from the ferry at Calais. We then spent the whole of the next day trying to get a lift out of town. The French were not keen on picking up hitchers in those days. We then spent a couple of days in Arras which turned out to be a really nice town and then caught the train back to Calais and the boat home. Have been back to Arras many times since; it’s a very attractive town.