Silver Explorer

A small one for the middle of the week. The Silver Explorer arrived from St Malo at breakfast time and spend a half day visit in Guernsey before setting sail for Tresco just after lunch time. With Clarence Battery in the foreground, (the correct name for the Cow's Horn as it is referred to by locals), the Silver Explorer is anchored in calm water compared to the choppy sea to the north of the island.

Carrying under 140 guests and with her ice strengthened hull the Silver Explorer must be finding the waters of the English Channel a bit benign after her expedition adventures during the year. October this year will see her transit the Panama Canal before heading for Valparaiso of Cape Horners fame, then on to Antarctica for the summer season. April 2016 should see her back in Guernsey.

It's the time of year in Guernsey when the hedgerows are lush with wild flowers. The next few weeks will see them cut before they start blocking the narrow lanes of the country parishes. This bank is a short walk from Fermain Bay on the way to St Martins. Not many liner guests end up in these country byways, but they are a wonderful sight in April and May.