RUNNNG AN ISLAND HOTEL
by Nigel Heath The iconic Elizabethan, Star Castle, stands out proudly on Garrison Hill on the main island of St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly. It is one of the first impressive sights that pass ...
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A LOW TIDE WALK BETWEEN THE ISLANDS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS HOLIDAY ON THE PARADISE ISLES OF SCILLY
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 ...
St Martins – a real treasure!
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 ...
Nigel Heath samples island life on The Scillys
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 ...