The Dominican Youth Movement pilgrimage to World Youth Day has got off to a fiery start - the pre-departure meal is too spicy to eat. Queue much glum staring at plates - but nevermind, we plan to breakfast in Cologne, and eat dinner at Colditz Castle (now a youth hostel!).
At 10.30pm on Friday we set off... but by 12.30pm the coach is crawling and by 2am we have ground to a halt entirely. When the coach slowly comes awake again about four hours later the A20, six miles from Dover, resembles a huge car park.
