A cloudy day, still cool and with fairly heavy rain forecast. Top of the priority list was securing a taxi to take us to the quay at Hugh Town for our ferry to Tresco. We had called the Tresco office yesterday as requested and were informed that out ferry was 12:45. Of the two taxi companies on the island, one was fully booked on the Monday until 13:30 and the other was closed on Sunday. We think that the Otillo athletes returning from whence they came was to blame for taxi overload.
The trusty DJ Cabs did try to call us back early but the mobile signal is very poor and they failed to connect. However, we managed to speak to them after walking down the road to find a mobile hot spot and the pickup was arranged for 11:40.
After a very good breakfast we packed our bags, left them at the B&B to be collected later, and headed off for a walk. We had not gone far before the rain started and luckily a cafe was at close hand and we spent 20 mins nursing a flat white whilst the worst of the storm abated.
We then walked across the bay to St Mary's Old Church where ex PM Harold Wilson is buried. He famously visited the Isles of Scilly every year for holidays and owned a small house which can only be described as looking like a large garage!
The rain kept away and we were soon in the taxi and deposited on the quay awaiting our ferry. The Scillonian passenger ferry had arrived and large numbers of visitors disembarked to join those from two small cruise ships making Hugh Town very busy.
The sun came out and we had a spectacular but calm ferry ride to Tresco via Bryher. It's difficult to explain the beauty of the islands in brilliant sunshine but I hope some of the photos go part of the way to demonstrating this.
The trusty DJ Cabs did try to call us back early but the mobile signal is very poor and they failed to connect. However, we managed to speak to them after walking down the road to find a mobile hot spot and the pickup was arranged for 11:40.
After a very good breakfast we packed our bags, left them at the B&B to be collected later, and headed off for a walk. We had not gone far before the rain started and luckily a cafe was at close hand and we spent 20 mins nursing a flat white whilst the worst of the storm abated.
We then walked across the bay to St Mary's Old Church where ex PM Harold Wilson is buried. He famously visited the Isles of Scilly every year for holidays and owned a small house which can only be described as looking like a large garage!
The rain kept away and we were soon in the taxi and deposited on the quay awaiting our ferry. The Scillonian passenger ferry had arrived and large numbers of visitors disembarked to join those from two small cruise ships making Hugh Town very busy.
The sun came out and we had a spectacular but calm ferry ride to Tresco via Bryher. It's difficult to explain the beauty of the islands in brilliant sunshine but I hope some of the photos go part of the way to demonstrating this.
We disembarked on Tresco at New Grimsby and soon were on our way to Sea Garden cottages on the opposite side of the island at Old Grimsby about 1 mile away. Sea Garden Cottage are delightful; very luxurious with beautiful gardens and spectacular views across the bay to St Martins.
After settling in we walked back across to New Grimsby and ordered some provisions at the Tresco Stores, which they will deliver later, and picked up our hire bikes next door. The LLW was informed that a round the island cycle ride was now necessary, particularly since the weather forecast for tomorrow is very poor. We cycled up a few hills, around the southern part of the island and close to the Abbey Gardens before returning to Sea Garden Cottages via some off road tracks. A lovely ride and after a short rest we walked the few yards down to Ruin Beach Cafe where we had a really excellent dinner.
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