P&O and the Daily Telegraph

As writers of the official P&O Cruises 175 celebratory book, Andrew and I were invited to attend an "interview" with a Daily Telegraph feature writer, photographer and P&O CEO Carol Marlow last Tuesday. It was on board Aurora - not only one of our favourite ships in the P&O fleet, but of course the subject of our forthcoming book (along with her half-sister Oriana).  After the rain and gales of the previous days...if not weeks ... it was a lovely bright and sunny day as we walked all over the ship, stopping off at points of interest - such as Commodore Burgoine's sword. This was presented to him and the ship's company at her naming in 2000.  The article has not yet been published, but we look forward to reading it in due course.

The beautiful wide, teak decked promenade on Aurora.

They were just completing the installation of the new 175 history panels, which look splendid.

With just a few days to go now till the Grand Event, it is wonderful to read more details of the big day. We will both (God willing) be around to record it from dawn till dusk. We just need the weather now to pull out all the stops and make it truly a day to remember.