Aurora

Aurora arrived early this Sunday morning on a short 3 day cruise out of Southampton for Bruges and Guernsey. The misty conditions of the last few days have all but disappeared and summer is on the way. Aurora was built for P&Os traditional British market and entered service 16 years ago. Herm is in the background with the white Rosaire steps standing out, the low tide landing for the island.

Early evening is quiet in most of Guernsey, but at any time of day it is rare to see anybody on this seat on the East Coast of Guernsey. Set at the end of a dead end path, on a clear day it has views of every Channel Island and the coast of Normandy, with only the birds for company.

The Union Jack is shown to advantage in this image as Aurora clears the Lower Heads buoy and turns on course for her home port of Southampton. Tomorrow teatime she will leave for a very different cruise with her first port of call being Bergen in Norway.