Côte d'Opale (1): Cap Blanc-Nez, Cap Gris-Nez

Over first days of June we travelled to the Northern France to explore its seashore: Côte d'Opale. It felt a safer bet weather-wise that North Wales (although with our typical luck it appeared to be opposite ). Anyway it was a really nice time, and all the things we haven't seen are on our list for the future trips, when exploring the coastline further south.

Day 1: Calais - Boulogne-sur-Mer
Stop 1: Cap Blanc-Nez

Athough the main car park for the Dover Patrol monument is located further up, we didn't know that, so parked at the monument of Hubert Latham and had a walk up the hill.

Views over the Channel (La Manche, if seen from here :) 

 

The main attraction here is the Dover Patrol memorial

On the horizon is our next stop

Stop 2: Cap Gris-Nez

That wasn't the luckiest of the stops, as due to fog and haze Dover Cliffs were barely visible, and it also appeared there is no access to the lighthouse - so all that was left was to walk it round

The whole area is covered in bunkers, together with numerous museums and memorial sites is a paradise for military and war history amateurs.