Azores

Another day, another liner. This time the Azores back to St Peter Port on a "Treasures of the British Isles " cruise out of Bristol, although her previous port of Le Havre in Normandy seems a little out of the way. It's the time of year when islanders are making the most of the late summer sunny days. This was the first of two ferries returning from Sark this Sunday.

This tender from the Azores makes its way up the southern fairway to the cruise liner pontoon. As with the Marco Polo yesterday, the Azores was also once a trans-Atlantic ocean liner. Launched in 1946 as the Stockholm she was one of the smaller liners at the time carrying just under 400 passengers.

When she leaves St Peter Port the Azores  will be chasing one of yesterday's visitor, the Prinsendam,  to Tresco in the Scilly Isles before finishing her cruise in Bristol on Tuesday. At this time of day the local fishing boats return to port and the pleasure boaters finishing their sailing for the weekend.