Mature Times travel writer Nigel Heath visits the bucolic Isles of Scilly The saying about it being an ill wind that blows nobody any good, sprang easily to mind in a recent visit to the paradise Isle ...
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Rowing a pilot gig boat in a race is as much a strand of island life as the long blades of kelp weaving their way through the crystal-clear waters under Jo William’s glass bottom boat in the paradise ...
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Wandering along a sandy island path on a summer’s day, I chanced upon a vineyard with a little bell inviting me to ring if I’d like a tour and tasting so I asked myself, how could I resist? The ...
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The first tourists arrived on the Isles of Scilly, off the tip of Cornwall, back in the 1760’s during the reign of George III when an enterprising Captain Frank Tregarthen had a bright idea. He ...
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