After the past few sunny days it was wiping the rain off the lens this morning as the Celebrity Infinity and Ocean Princess arrived from Le Havre and Dover respectively. Both are on cruises around the British Isles with only the Infinity putting into a port on mainland England, the Ocean Princess staying with Ireland and Scotland. The pilot boat, Golden Spur, having put the pilot on board the Ocean Princess, heads for the anchorage.
The Ocean Princess was renamed from Tahitian Princess, rather more exotic sounding than its current name. Celebrity Infinity was launched in 2001 and in the United Kingdom is based at Harwich. Both were on the anchorage before 8.00am ready for their guests to enjoy the rather soggy day in Guernsey.
Then there were three liners off St Peter Port. The MSC Opera arrived from Ijmuiden on one of her regular visits on the way to the Iberian peninsula with some "nose in parking".
Condor Express on her approach to St Peter Port from the north gave her passengers a good look at the Ocean Princess and the MSC Opera as she manoeuvred her way around the many tenders operating at the time.
A very congested scene off the harbour with the THV Patricia on one of her regular visits to Guernsey in the background. The three liners were not all together for long as Celebrity Infinity left mid afternoon with the Ocean Princess leaving just before tea time leaving the MSC Opera all alone.
Snowy does not seem too interested in the Celebrity Infinity. Perhaps he is thinking about the parma ham roll he will have a bit of for lunch, as well as the walk exploring all the angles on three liners.
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