Sussex Exclusive Magazine. Issue 7

TRAVEL
TRAVEL
The Isles
of Scilly
Left:
Hell Bay Hotel
© Adam White
Lobster © Flickr
Right:
Scilly Tresco
Abbey gardens,
gazebo © Flickr
Wanderluster, Kevin Pilley, explores this remote corner of
Britain, hunting out places to eat, stay and weigh!
The Isles of Scilly is a
collection of 145 low-lying
islands twenty-eight miles
south-west of Land’s End.
The Isles of Scilly have many
attractions. Some better-known than
others. Puffins, dwarf pansies, granny’s
toenails and the world’s smallest museum.
In a re-purposed red telephone box.
As well as croquet on the seafloor.
You haven’t lived until you have turned
the Atlantic seabed into Hurlingham or
eaten crab quiche and lobster burgers
while standing up five hundred metres
out to sea and raised your glass of Doom
Bar beer or Tarquin’s Hell Bay Gin to
toast two coastlines.
Scilly farmers' markets and
food festivals
Scilly hosts low tide pop-up food festivals
and farmers’ markets when the tide goes
out between the islands of Tresco and
Bryher – two of the five inhabited islands.
Two festivals are planned in 2024 on
April 9th and September 19th.
The festivals are held on a sandbar, usually
under 20’ of seawater. As well as live
music and seafood, there are ‘sand bars’
serving spirits like Westward Farm gin
from St Agnes (the southernmost point
of Britain) as well as stalls selling local
artisanal fudge, cakes and bakes, fudge
and ice cream from Troytown Farm.
Afterwards, you should walk over the
sand flats (with trousers rolled up and
shoes in hand) to Tresco with its famous
Abbey Castle Gardens. Try and book a
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