Azores, Adonia & Sea Cloud II

Three days with no liners, then three are on the anchorages off St Peter Port. The Adonia and Azores arrived this morning from the Scilly Isles along with the Sea Cloud II that arrived from Cowes, Isle of Wight. Not too sure if the windsurfer got close to the liners, there was a lot of activity off St Peter Port to contend with.

The Sea Cloud II was the first to leave, taking a lunch time departure bound for Lorient. The Azores was the last to leave, just before sunset, bound for Le Havre, where some guests may take the coach trip to Paris.

Herm Island provided a different viewpoint to try and get all three liners together, but was not as good as the sea front in Guernsey!! After the bad weather of the last few days Herm was busy with visitors making the most of the good weather, and maybe staying for a long weekend. The White House Hotel is a short walk from the beaches, as well as providing spectacular views of sunsets over Guernsey. The harbour beach doesn't look too busy, but Shell Beach was proving popular.

The cliff path on the high ground on the south side of Herm gives good views of St Peter Port and the three liners. The islet in the foreground is Crevichon and is only a short distance from Jethou, a privately leased island which is not open to the public. The Adonia, on the left of this image departed at tea time bound for Southampton, for the end of her British Isles cruise. The Azores is also on a British Isles cruise originating from Liverpool. Cruise & Maritime Voyages is chartering the Azores and they sail from various "local" ports such as Liverpool, Hull and Bristol as well as London-Tilbury.

One more image of the three liners on the anchorage, an impressive sight.