Second of two parts - The Island of Tresco...46 pictures.
Leaving St Mary's for Tresco with.......one or two other people. St Mary's is quiet when the boats to the islands have departed in a morning. Tresco is leased from the Duchy of Cornwall by the Dorrien-Smith family who live on the island in Tresco Abbey.
Probably the most exposed of all the lighthouses around our coast.....Bishop Rock Lighthouse.
New Grimsby Sound running between the islands of Tresco and Bryher.
Cromwell's Castle, built to protect the Sound.
New Grimsby Harbour on Tresco. The islands of Bryher and Samson behind.
Essential supplies being unloaded.
The tiny town of New Grimsby is spread along the shoreline from the harbour.
Walking south from New Grimsby towards Tresco Abbey and Gardens.
Abbey main gates. Prince Charles and Diana stayed here often......He now comes with his sons.
Carpets of Aizoaceae in the gardens and on the coastal pathways.
From the southern tip of the island walking north on the east coast.......Bathinghouse Porth and the Eastern Isles beyond.
Timber collection yard and mill. Every conceivable bit of old wood is collected here....fallen trees, cuttings, roots, drift wood etc to be cut and split and used as fuel by the islanders.
Just taking the dog for a walk.
Block House Point.
.....and the Blockhouse. Built in 1554 to protect the anchorage.
View to St Martin's from the Blockhouse.
.......a Herring Gull, and the Eastern Islands.
A nesting Greater Black Backed Gull
....looks like a thigh bone in the nest.
Old Grimsby and a bit of luxury, the Island Hotel
Blockhouse Cottages
The view from the terrace of the Island Hotel towards the Blockhouse.
Back at St Mary's......an evening seascape.
......and silently an Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier glides by.
Later photographed and identified by its markings as the Ark Royal.
St Mary's airport.
....and the British International Helicopter Services.
....also VIP ones.
St Mary's and Hugh Town.
Land's End.
Longships Rocks and Lighthouse with its helicopter service pad clearly visible.
