The Invisible White Cliffs of Dover

First of all, Happy Belated Easter to all of our family and friends around the globe!

We had such a great plan for our long holiday weekend as Jeff had off Friday, the weekend (obviously), Monday, AND Tuesday off.  So, we were able to plan a pretty amazing road trip.  Although, this post is just about our trip to The White Cliffs of Dover. 

We left on schedule, and headed south from Nottingham to the coast of England.  We were making great time, until hitting a large amount of traffic who were waiting to board the ferry (another option to get to France).  Most of the traffic was large lorries (trucks) waiting in a very long line to get to France.  That didn't seem to be in the real issue for this trip, as we were driving the fog was getting progressively worse.  Not a big deal when we were driving, but we knew that we were not going to be able to see a single thing at our destination.  Now, mind you, we have a very skewed vision of cliffs as our trip to Ireland to see the Cliffs of Moher was one of our most beautiful experiences abroad. 

Once arriving, we decided to throw on our my wellies and take a quick stroll on the trails to see if we could see anything.   Well, we didn't see much of anything.  Supposedly you can even see France which is 22 miles away on a clear and sunny day.  I'd suggest taking a look at the link above if you want to see what the cliffs look like on a non-normal English day (aka a clear & sunny). 

 This is supposed to be one of the most beautiful spots....not so much. #sillyfog

We walked along the muddy paths, while avoiding horse poop.  We just enjoyed the quick walk and the stretch of our legs, since we had been in the car for 3.5 hours and still had another 3.5 to go.  We honestly, didn't see any of the cliffs since the fog was so bad.  It was kind of funny, and we definitely wished we could have seen something or a little bit of the cliffs.  Oh well.  It makes for an interesting story, and attempt!  We won't be traveling back to see the cliffs again, so we will enjoy our hilarious pictures of fog and look online to see the beautiful views. 

 Another beautiful view of the cliffs fog

 Thank goodness for wellies!

 These pictures make me laugh.  Not sure why we even took any. I'm guessing just to document the attempt.

Quick post, as there wasn't much to write about.  We couldn't stay long, as the traffic slowed us down and we had to get to the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) for our next destination. 

 This is the traffic we were stuck in on the way to the cliffs

On to (a more exciting) adventure...