Day 4
It's St Peter Port, Guernsey, today. We were due to go on a vintage coach tour of the Island today, culminating in a lunchtime meal at the Cherbourg Hotel, but this did not happen. Due to a party arriving very late back at the ship yesterday there was a domino effect and the ship was late getting into port this morning and as our trip was due to be the first to leave there was no alternative to cancel it as we arrived after it was due to leave.
We therefor had a choice to make, either stay on board all day using the many facilities available or go ashore and explore St Peter Port, the Capital of Guernsey. We chose to do the latter.
Because of the size of the ship we had not entered port but had stayed at anchor some way out and visitors were transferred ashore in ships tenders.
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| Looking from the ship across to St Peter Port |
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| One of the tenders ferrying passengers |
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| The inside of the tender we used. It carried 86 passengers and 4 crew |
We decided that we would visit Castle Cornet, the famous castle standing guard at the entrance to the harbour. On our way to it we were able to enjoy the views of the coastline.
On the way to the castle we walked out on the pier towards a lighthouse to get a good sighting of our cruise ship. In the following photographs, the smaller islands oh Herm and Jethou can be seen in the background.
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| The lighthouse with two cruise liners beyond |
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| Our ship the MV Azura, is the one on the right. The MV Marina is the other |
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| The Azura with one of its tenders ferrying passengers |
We then carried on to the castle where we spent a couple of hours exploring around and having a bit to eat and drink.
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| Exhibits in the Castle Museum |
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| One of the many guns on the site |
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| This gun still in working order |
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| It is fired daily at 12.00 noon. We were there to see (and hear) it fire. |
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| The Captain's Garden |
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| Another Formal Garden |
Next we went to the market place and spent a short while there before heading back to the ship for a bit of relaxation.
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| The Market Place |
On board again we had an easy couple of hours before getting ready for our evening meal back in the Glasshouse but not before we had seen the ship set sail past the smaller islands and off into the sunset.
The meal was fantastic again. My favourite place to eat on the whole ship. (Of those I had tried). We then went to the Playhouse Theatre to see a show with songs from the Movies. Very entertaining>
Then it was back to the cabin to pack our cases which had to be placed outside the cabin by midnight. They would be collected and laid out in the lounge on shore at Southampton prior to our disembarking tomorrow morning. This short cruise is ending all too soon.
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