Silver Explorer and Aurora

Today Aurora was back again, this time on a closer anchorage to St Peter Port giving her guests a short tender ride into the harbour. Along the seafront was the first of this year's "Taste Guernsey" food festivals with celebrity chefs, as well as a market which was enjoyed by locals as well as the many liner guests.

Visiting Guernsey also on Sunday was the Silver Explorer, a boutique-style liner, with only 60 or so cabins and a ice hardened hull. The guests on this liner had a even shorter ride ashore in their Zodiacs.

Viewed from Victoria Tower with the island of Jethou in the background, , both liners compliment the view. Victoria Tower, on the outskirts of St Peter Port, can be visited by anyone by picking up the key from the museum in Candie Gardens and then climbing the steps to enjoy the magnficent views. Aurora left St Peter Port at midnight on Sunday heading for La Rochelle in France, then onto Spain, with Silver Explorer making the short crossing to St Malo.