Celebrity Silhouette

If you wanted to see Guernsey you had to come ashore. The Island was shrouded in fog, cancelling flights at the airport and not making for the best experience for the guests of the Celebrity Silhouette on a British Isles cruise. Having arrived from Dover the liner left mid afternoon for Cobh in Southern Ireland.

Guests on the tenders did not have a much better view as the fog thickened around the harbour. The range of nationalities that cruise liners bring to Guernsey is surprising and  today included a family from Venezuela, who appreciated the kindness of Islanders and who saw the beauty of the Island even with today's inclement weather. As it always seems to happen, withing two hours of Celebrity Silhouette leaving, the fog lifted, and the sun came out giving a lovely end to the first day of this bank holiday weekend.

Last year was a different experience with the sun reflecting off the sides of the liner as she left St Peter Port.