“Our Views Are Clear.”Autumn 2011 VOLUME 6.2

THE TRESCO TIMES

Queen of the IslesWith the islands bathed in glorioussunshine, Queen Elizabeth II andPrince Phillip paid an official visit toScilly on 3rd June this year.

Their last trip to the Isles of Scilly tookplace in 1967, when they sailed to theislands in the Royal Yacht Britannia. Duringthe visit to St Mary’s, the Queen wasescorted by Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall,Robert Dorrien Smith, and the Chairman of

the Isles of Scilly Council, Mike Hicks.On her Majesty’s last visit, she enjoyedluncheon at Tresco Abbey, an event that MrDorrien Smith remembers well. In fact thesame Royal Standard that was raised forthe Queen in 2011, had flown above TrescoAbbey in 1967. Mr Dorrien Smith remarked:“We found it in a cupboard in the hall, invery good condition as it hasn’t been usedfor the last 44 years.”The Queen and Prince Philip travelled downon the Royal Train to Penzance and flew toSt Mary’s by helicopter. After a walk aroundHugh Town meeting islanders and visitors,as well as a look at the new Five IslandsSchool, the Queen and Prince Philipattended a reception in her honour.Amongst the select band of islanderspresent, was our Church Warden EveCooper, as well as Dean Whillis, MikeNelhams and devoted royalist EmmaDriscoll, pictured above, meeting theQueen. Emma was interviewed by the BBC,declaring: “I’m overwhelmed! She bringssuch a great presence and joy. I think shelights up the room.”

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BIH Look To St Erth For New Heliport

After months of careful negotiation,British International Helicopters havesubmitted a planning application for therelocation of its existing heliport inPenzance to land a few miles up theA30, close to St Erth railway station. The layout of the proposed heliport issimilar to that of the Penzance heliport,with ample parking spaces for visitorsand staff.The planning application for the St Erthheliport was submitted on Monday 19thSeptember. The proposals for the newheliport can be viewed or downloaded atwww.tresco.co.uk along with aconsultation response form.Tony Jones, Managing Director of BIH,said: "We have been operating thehelicopter service to the Isles of Scillysince 1964 and we are committed to doingall we can to continue running this service

in the future. The relocation of the heliportwill also mean that BIH can directly secure66 jobs.”The first step in securing planningpermission is the approval of Sainsbury’sbid to transform the current Penzanceheliport site into a superstore. Councilofficers have recommended that planningis approved but the final decision has beendeferred until 22nd October. The cashgenerated by the sale of that land is vital infunding the move to St Erth and sustainingthe service to the islands.The flight time of the mainland-Trescoroute is expected to increase by onlyaround two and a half minutes. On thesubject of ticket prices, Mr Jonescommented: “We will do our best to keepany price increases as moderate aspossible but, as ever, we are hostage tothe oil price.”

Mr Jones stated that letters of supportfrom islanders and regular visitors will playan important part in achieving a positiveresult in the application process. RobertDorrien Smith said “While there is everyconfidence that the helicopter service willcontinue, it is of great importance to thesuccess of the planning application thatthe enthusiastic voices of both islandersand visitors are heard. I would very muchencourage anyone with an interest inkeeping our direct helicopter link with WestCornwall to write in support of theapplication.”To view the plans and download aresponse form please visitwww.tresco.co.uk – a link is on thehomepage. The forms or letters ofsupport should be sent to: TheAerodrome Manager, BIH, The Heliport,Penzance, Cornwall TR18 3AP.

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Congratulations to Maxand Justin Walters onthe birth of theirbeautiful daughterLexi, sister to Joeyand Freya, on 3rdJune this year atTreliske Hospital in

Truro. Lexiweighed in at abonny 8lb 12oz.

As is so often the case at this time of year,Tresco bids farewell to some of its residentsas they depart for pastures new. No-one isgoing quite so far as Ashley Tuck andOliver Plante. The couple are moving toCanada, Ashley’s home nation. Ashley hasworked as a receptionist for Tresco Estatefor nearly four years, first at Hell Bay beforecoming to the Island Hotel in 2010.Oliver arrived in Oct 2005 as the New Inn’sreceptionist before transferring his loyaltiesto the IT Dept. Ollie’s operatic talents andsense of humour always made disfunctionaltechnology rather more entertaining than itshould have been!

Ashley andOliver aremoving toToronto,where Ashleyis looking towork in thetravelbusinessand Ollie

will be continuing to work in IT. We wishthem great success.James Druce is also leaving Tresco, thoughhe will be nearer to home than Toronto.James will be moving to King’s Lynn to take 6A Levels in a year, in order to qualify forMedical School. So he is looking forward to aslower pace of life... James has lived onTresco for the past seven years and will bemuch missed, not least by both Accountsand Personnel Depts for whom he worked,but also by all islanders who own a computer,the Coastguard, the Co-responders, theTresco Triathlon, the yachtsfolk and, most ofall, Uncle Dean Whillis. James may also befamiliar to readers from his exploits as amember of Scilly Mission on last year’sMongol Rally, which raised over £15,000 forCystic Fibrosis. Not content with all that

Susanna Gates writes: “The children at Tresco & Bryher Basehave been learning what it's like to be inthe services industry. In July, we openedour school garden to the public in the formof a Victorian Garden Cafe. Children hadmade all the cakes and served teas to thevisitors. We had a fantastic couple of days,meeting lots of people who wereinterested to learn about life and schoolhere on Tresco. Many lovely commentswere made about the polite and wellmannered pupils. We raised over £700which we gave to the St Nicholas Churchrestoration project. A rewarding two dayswas enjoyed by all.

The efforts of the schoolchildren on behalfof the church are much appreciated by usall but none more so than ourindefatigable Church Warden, Eve Cooper.Eve writes: St Nicholas’ Church – Therehas been an excellent start to ourRestoration Appeal with a current total ofjust over £6,000. This includes manygenerous donations from island visitorsand friends from the mainland. A specialmention must be made of the contributionby Tresco School from the Victorian Event.To add to our fund-raising, we still haveChurch tea-towels at £3.50. New this yearare packs of notelets (5 cards) for £2.50,with pictures of the Church and the West(rose) window. These can all be purchasedby post – just send cheques payable toPCC of the Isles of Scilly to:Eve Cooper , 5 Bay Row, Tresco, Isles ofScilly TR24 0PY.Please add postage/packing of 65p pertea towel/pack of notelets (just £1 for twopacks). Many thanks to all those who havealready given donations.

The schoolchildren had another brush withthe past in July as they took part in Valhalla Day at the Abbey Gardens. Ledby wood-carver and figureheadconservator, Steve Conway, the childrenlearnt about the figureheads and thenmade their own out of chicken wire andplaster bandages (see below!).Along with over ninety island children fromScilly’s primary schools, the Tresco andBryher schoolkids were among the first toenjoy the new Valhalla Children’s Trail.The trail is aimed at accompanied under11s and involves shipwreck and survival inthe Abbey Gardens. The key is to findcertain useful plants in the garden, all ofwhich give clues as to the identity of arescue ship for the marooned sailors.All children under 16 enjoy free admissioninto the Abbey Gardens. The trail packsare available from the garden entranceand cost £1. Curator Mike Nelhams said: “Valhalla Daywas a real success and a great way toinvolve allthe islands’primaryschools. Thetrail hasproved to bea verypopular wayfor parentsto amusetheiryounger kidswhile visitingthegardens.”

Congratulations also to islandgirl Sasha Parkes, whograduated with a 2:1 in Lawfrom Warwick University inJuly. Sasha returned home forher summer hols, whichinevitably saw the joyfulreforming of Tresco andBryher’s rock and roll

institution, Noxious, along withWill Ash and Bryher’s David Dan

and Andrew Hulands.

Insular Things

Fond Farewells

achievement, James is about to publish abook about the rally - a proof copy of whichis currently in the hands of Bill Bryson! As isevident from the above, James will be muchmissed...Good Luck with what will certainlybe an “awesome” career.For those readers who wish to find out moreabout the Mongol Rally and in particular theexploits of James, Will Ash, Nick Mackeyand Pete the Saxo, then look no furtherthan the newly published “You wantbreakfast NOW?”. Apart from being anabsolute must for anyone contemplating adrive to Ulaan Bataar, it is an hilariousaccount of the ultimate road trip and willmake an ideal Christmas present foreveryone you know! (ISBN 9781-4476 -5963-1)

Another island departee isGardener Anton Myers,who is going north up thewest coast to a new job inScotland. Anton came toTresco from London in early2007 and since then hasworked tirelessly on theCottage gardens. Anton is going to take onthe gardens at Ardchattan Priory, nearOban, where we wish him every success.

Remember that you can keepup to date with life on Trescoboth on our Tresco IslandFacebook page and onTwitter Tresco_Times.

Victorian Values At School

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For further info go to the gardens page on www.tresco.co.uk

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The annual Tresco Fete took place in perfect conditions this summer, which we wouldlike to think confirms the notion that the sun shines on the righteous rather than the factthat we were just very fortunate to have a sunny day in August.There was a tremendous turn-out from both locals and visitors, all enjoying a range ofstalls, games and refreshments on the sports’ field at Old Grimsby.Such traditional fete delights as the tombola, white elephant, coconut shy and home-madecake stalls, were supported by the BBQ, Bouncy Castle and Rowing machine challenge. Young singer Polly Money provided musical accompanimentand, for the adults, the event was lubricated with Pimms andReal Ale, courtesy of Ales of Scilly and St Austell Brewery.Chief organisers, Nicola Christopher and Becky Brint, weredelighted by the day: “We would like to thank everybodyinvolved for their enthusiasm and generosity, from the stallholders to the visitors, and the Estate for its support. Wemanaged to raise over £5,500, which will be shared betweenTresco Community Centre and the Tresco and Bryher GigClub.”

Early summer saw the second TrescoTriathlon take place with 48 competitors.The course began with a swim from the hotelslip to the Green Beach side of Old Grimsbyquay, folllowed by a 12 mile cycle and a 3mile run. The overall winner was Rob Carrierfrom St Mary’s and the first lady past thepost was Helen Pearce, also of St Mary’s. Tresco was well-represented with 14entrants, all of whom did us proud. RosieFelton deserves very honourable mention asthe 3rd placed lady and there were four ofTresco’s finest in the top 10: RossChristopher, Alex Christopher, PeterHingston and Doug Percival.Ross Christopher particularlydelighted the home crowdwith a battling performancethat saw him come in 3rdplace overall, havingbeen in 40th place atthe end of the swim!Organisers JamesDruce and PeterMarshall weredelighted with theevent and with theamount of moneyraised for theCystic FibrosisTrust - over£5,500!

For the Tresco & Bryher Cricket Club,the 2011 season has not been the mostsuccessful in terms of results. Though theClub has only recorded two wins, the levelof enjoyment has been extremely high.The focus has been on development withseveral young players coming to the fore,in particular Henry Driscoll-Johnson,Hamish Hamilton and Luke Hamilton.Pictured above are the teams from theannual Islanders vs. Timesharers match,which saw the Timesharers reclaim theWilson Cup. A very fine innings of 76retired from Ben Marchant put theTimesharers in an unassailable position.Chasing a total of 136, a blistering 34from Henry D-J was the only real replymade by the Islanders, who made 80 intheir innings. As always, everything feltmuch better once the teams had madetheir way to the New Inn for post-matchrefreshments.The Off-Island Triangle Tournament wasconvincingly won by St Martin’s, thoughT&BCC did record their second win of theseason that day, so it wasn’t all bad!On the water, Tresco and Bryher GigClub has had a quiet season after thesuccess of the World Champs. The Men-a-vaur has been out of action all seasonand is currently on St Mary’s beingrenovated by Peter Martin. The Club hasbeen represented by both a Men’s andLadies’ Crew in the Czar in the inter-islandraces.

A few weeks ago, the Editor and his wifemanaged to slip away to the mainland for a fewdays and took advantage of the opportunity tovisit a couple of establishments with strongTresco connections.As we headed up-country to Yorkshire, westopped for a night in Bristol at No.38 Clifton,recommended by the travel editor of The Times.This recently-opened boutique bed andbreakfast is the brainchild and baby of Tresco’sAdam and Michael Dorrien Smith. No.38 is asuperbly-renovated Georgian merchant’s house,with 10 stylish bedrooms. It is an absolute gem.We stayed in Room 3, with its free-standing roll-top bath and panoramic views over the rooftopsof Bristol as well as Clifton Downs. The super-king size bed was wonderful and the bathroompalatial. There is a delightful garden terrace andan extremely good breakfast. The Dorrien Smith brothers both studied inBristol and felt there was a lack of boutiqueaccommodation in the area. Adam commented:“Having worked as a property developer and setup a gastro-pub with Heston Blumenthal’s sous-chef, I was looking for something else. When Isaw the old B&B at 38 was for sale, I thought itwas a golden opportunity. We wanted to take thetraditional bed and breakfast and turn it intosomething special.”“There’s no formal reception and it’s all quite laidback. I want it to feel like guests have come tostay in a friend’s lovely Clifton townhouse for anight, rather than a hotel or B&B.” Along with Adam and Michael’s, there are twoother Tresco faces that you may well recognise –Shona and Jarek, who worked on Tresco for anumber of years, both at the Island Hotel and forthe Cottages, and now manage No.38.On our return journey we were catching themorning flight, so stayed at the Old Coastguardin Mousehole, a 10 minute drive from the heliport.Two brothers are at the helm here too.Charles and Edmund Inkin have achievednotable and award-winning success with theirdining pubs, The Gurnard’s Head, near Zennor,and the Felin Fach Griffin in Brecon.With close links to Tresco, they took over the OldCoastguard in June and have great plans for thehotel, bar and restaurant.The fishing port of Newlyn is just down the road,so it is no surprise that the menu at the OldCoastguard has an excellent selection of fishdishes. We enjoyed a very fine dinner, over-looking the sea. Later on the Mousehole Male Voice Choirhappened to drop by and, enlivened by a glass ortwo of ale, sang beautifully in the bar. With abright moon shimmering on Mount’s Bay and theharmonious voices of the Mousehole choir as thesoundtrack, it was a wonderful and memorableCornish evening.

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Off-Islanders Abroad

Annual Tresco Fete

Ross Christopher...the Flying Farmer

IslandSporting

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It’s always a great pleasure to see Trescochannel bristling with masts and thissummer has seen some handsome craftmaking use of our moorings.A particularly beautiful example was theGloria, a 38m Staysail schooner rig, with adisplacement of 166 tons. She’s owned byex-Tresco Timesharer and rock legend, PeteTownshend, who was onboard with hisskipper and crew of five. It is alwaysgratifying to see old island acquaintancesdoing well for themselves.The original owner was Swedish ship ownerMichael Krafft, who had her built on the

design of a classic pre-war schooner. As one might expect from all that maritimeexperience, Gloria is a fine mix of beautifullines , beautiful interiors and beautifulsailing.Another of her previous owners is Peterde Savary, who describes her as the bestboat he’s ever had. She races regularly incompetitions such as the NewportBucket Race, though Mr Townshendmodestly claims that she does betterwhen he is not aboard.Last year’s boating highlight was probablythe visit paid to Tresco by the Blue Birdand her owner. Built for Sir MalcolmCampbell in 1938, the Blue Bird waslovingly restored for Tara Getty in 2006/7.

The Governor in the Garden and other notes from Mike Nelhams’ Garden Diary

The schooner Gloria - goes to sea formiles and miles and miles and miles...

“The Bank ofEngland” is aphrase thatalways excitescomment…ithas such asolid andhistorical feelabout it. Earlier

this year, Tresco received a visit from theGovernor of this illustrious institution inthe form of Sir Mervyn King with his wifeBarbara and some of his colleagues whoare keen gardeners.Sir Mervyn was on a fact-finding tour ofthe Isles of Scilly and in particular held ameeting with Robert Dorrien Smith toassess the economic realities of runninga business in one of the more remoteareas of the country. He was able to take time to make a visitto see the plants in the Abbey Garden. SirMervyn has a particular interest inProteas and we shall be sending a smallselection to him at a later date.

20 Years of Gaia in the Garden

Over twenty years ago the garden tookreceipt of the sculpture “Gaia” followedquickly by the “Tresco Children”. Bothcreated by David Wynne andcommissioned by the Dorrien Smiths.Pictured above is a crated-up Gaiaarriving in the gardens all those yearsago. Heaving her into position are (fromleft) Tony Morris, David Wynne, RonGleadle, Robert Dorrien Smith, PaulLawrence, Dave Inch and Dennis Jenkins.David paid a visit with his daughter andfriends to say hello to his creations and todrink as much champagne as he couldlay his hands on. He has always hadstyle!

When in the garden with Gaia (picturedabove), David said he always consideredher his finest work and we could all tellthrough his emotion on the day that hemeant it. His personality and enthusiasmfor life is infectious and we hope to seehim on Tresco again very soon.On the international front, a very exoticgroup arrived from Sicily, Italy. (Asopposed to Scilly, Cornwall).We were pleased to see and welcomethe family members of FARO plants.“Piante Faro” was established in Sicilyforty years ago and now covers an area

of 500 with a further 40 hectares ofgreenhouses for high quality production.Over 800 species are grown with morethan 5,000 varieties of plant.The company has both landscape andmaintenance divisions with projectundertaken across the world. It is with other botanic gardens acrossBritain that Tresco has formed apartnership alongside Faro to trial plantsand determine how they acclimatise indifferent areas of the country. We hope that it will be a long and fruitfulpartnership. Of course the offer to theGarden Curator to visit Sicily to view thenursery and the family winery may haveof course something to do with it...

Memorial to John and Betty Hamilton.

Many readers will have fond memories ofJohn and Betty Hamilton. Not only did theymanage the Island Hotel for some years,John became a celebrated artist, known forhis paintings of the islands, as well as avariety of maritime subjects.Tresco now has a handsome new benchand plaque in their memory.Their son Edward Hamilton writes:” Thededication was on Friday June 10th at 5:30.We were delighted that there were so manypeople on Tresco that still remember Mumand Dad, particularly as Dad died almost 18years ago.Over 40 islanders and visitors who knewthem, walked to the site below Blockhouse,despite the cool, blustery evening. I sailedoff to the Caribbean when I was 24 andalthough we visited my parents most yearsand later took the timeshare week at theMoorings, there were people there that Ihadn't seen in 40 years!

I gave a veryshort address,essentiallythankingeveryone forcoming. Itreally waswonderful to

see so many familiar faces. Thanking RobertDorrien Smith (who was there) for hispermission and his help in placing thebench in this spot. Mum and Dad loved thisview and the islands off Old Grimsby - thesite of many family barbecues. Dad's ashesare scattered below Menavaur. ThankingJaney and Sam for commissioning andinstalling the bench, creating the beautifulplaque and making this whole idea a reality.Particularly thanking Mum and Dad fororiginally making the decision to come toTresco and for the wonderful childhood theygave us. Tresco will always be a part of ourlives - ours and both our families!Everyone toasted Mum and Dad withchampagne.”

Photo by Jean Jarreau megayachtpictures.com

Who’s in port...Photo courtesy Bank of England

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This issue, the Tresco Times Heritageand Transport Correspondent guidesus through the perils of shippingflowers fifty years ago.

Adrift with Eddie Birch

One flower season there were so manyflowers on Tresco that the Estate workerswould start packing flowers at 4am and notfinish until 9.30pm that evening. The Teanwould come up to Bryher loaded with

Right - Packing flowers in the old farmsheds. From left - Miss Wood, Mrs Terry,Mrs Lake, Eddie Birch and Mrs Darling.

Walking down towards New Grimsby, asmallish Dunnock-like bird but with alongish tail and black & grey markings onthe upperparts flits off the granite stone wallinto the field – a Wryneck! A classic earlyAutumn migrant, and given the winddirection and overall weather pattern,clearly to be expected on Scilly. ActuallyEurope’s smallest woodpecker which usedto nest sparingly in south-east England, theWryneck is sadly now just an uncommonmigrant with the Latin name Jynx torquilla,since the bird is capable of turning itsheadaround through 360 degrees! Down at the Great Pool we now eagerlyscan the muddy corners and fringes forwaders – the tide is nice and high [whichpushes any shorebirds feeding on the openshore back onto the Pool]. A ringing “tu-tu-tu” indicates the presence of a flock of eight

Greenshanks huddled together on theexposed stones with several Redshanksmixed in with them – the dull greenish“shanks”, whiter underparts and greyerupperparts of the Greenshanks setting themapart from their smaller cousins with theirbright orangey-red legs and “dirtier” brownishplumage. Scanning carefully along the water’s edgebelow Simpson’s Field yields the usual mixedflock of Greater, Herring & Lesser Black-backed Gulls, several Oystercatchers, oneLittle Egret and a “dirtier” creamy-plumaged“egret” roosting, with bill hidden – Spoonbill!Regularly now “summering” in Britain, theEurasian Spoonbill is hopefully going toexpand its recent successful breeding onEast Anglia and maybe even one day, alongwith the Little Egret, nest on Scilly. Suddenlyit wakes up and commences its characteristic“swishing” feeding action with itsunmistakable spatular-shaped bill. Excellent!Time to visit the world-famous Abbey Garden,lunch and over to the Abbey Pool to see ifany more waders have dropped in en route tosouthern climes. Again carefully “scoping”the muddy fringes reveals just two waders,one much smaller than the other and sportinggingery-brown upperparts and obvious whitemantle “V’s with a very short bill – a juvenile

Birdman David Rosair writes of Autumn on

Tresco...

goods, drop them off and then load up theBryher flowers. These would be taken back toSt Mary’s for the Scillonian, before returningwith Tresco’s goods. The Tean would go backto St Mary’s with a barge and deck cargo ofTresco flowers for the steamer. At about 10pmthe Black Swan would come into the quay formore flowers.One night the tide was going out like a drain.We put the last box on board the Black Swanand Peter Bastian, the island’s Under-manager, asked Clarence Handy to drive histractor out into the water so he could getaboard. Peter got onto the bonnet of thetractor and Clarence drove to the Black Swan.The Under-manager climbed onto the boatbut when Clarence tried to come astern, thetractor got stuck.Clarence, myself and Ken Jenkins were nowleft on the beach with the job of getting thetractor out. Ken said to me to get anothertractor, the David Brown Cropmaster. Nowthis was a tractor without any headlights onher – all we had to work by was the light ofthe moon! I went across the beach and we

took the ropes off the barge that wasalongside the quay. By this time the tidewas starting to flood, so we kept the theengine running hard and with the DavidBrown and another tractor, we dragged herout at about 1am.We put the ropes back onthe barge and made our ways home abouthalf an hour later.Early the next morning, Ken came up to mein the flower field, where I was picking, andsaid to me: “Have you seen the barge, Ed?”I said that I hadn’t.“ She’s aground over on Samson!” said Ken“ We forgot to tie her up properly lastnight…how are we going to get her backwithout Jack Bean (the General – Manager)finding out?”I suggested to Ken that he go and seeLaurie Terry, Tresco’s harbourmaster, andask if he could help bring the barge backwhen she’s afloat. Laurie and Ken made

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Autumn is here, with that lovely crisp feelingto the air in the mornings. What will turn upthis year I wonder? Well it’s all to do withwind, as they say in ornithological circles!And on Tresco, the level of the waters onboth the Great Pool and Abbey Pools iscrucial to one group of migrant birds duringthe Autumn – waders.As the helicopter comes into land directlyover the Abbey Pool, I can see plenty ofmud around the fringes – excellent. Thatbodes well, especially if the Great Pool is ina similar state. After settling into the NewInn we decide, as the sun is shining andthere is a light north-easterly wind, to strolldown to the Swarovski hide overlooking theGreat Pool.

Discovering the islands’past with KatharineSawyer at Hell Bay

Many visitors to Tresco will be familiarwith King Charles’ Castle, which forms aprominent feature on the north-westernside of Castle Down. Although it is veryobvious as you walk across Castle Down,it is surprisingly inconspicuous fromTresco Channel where the view isdominated by Cromwell’s Castle.King Charles’ Castle was built between1550 and 1554. It was one of a largenumber of defensive sites designed to

protect England from attack by the Frenchor Spanish following Henry VIII’s break withthe Roman Catholic church in 1533.The castle is positioned to protect theimportant sheltered anchorage in TrescoChannel as well as the harbour at NewGrimsby. It was originally called TrescoCastle, its present name being of 19thcentury origin. It has domestic quarters forits garrison on the landward side andgunports on the seaward side.There was originally an upper storey ofgunports in addition to the surviving lowerstorey and two of the upper gunports have

been reconstructed and now stand withinthe semi-hexagonal firing area. Thedomestic range includes a hall, a kitchen,with its well-preserved fireplace and breadoven, and two small bedchambers. There isa guardroom outside the main entrance.During the first half of the 17th century alarge, earthen rampart was built around thelandward side of King Charles’ Castle toprotect it from attack across Castle Down.

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Another extract from an interview withCharlotte ‘Babs’ Dorrien Smith, conductedby the late Molly Mortimer for TheScillonian in the early 1960s.It gives apicture - sometimes brilliantly sunlit,sometimes dark and tragic, at all timesindividual - of life on Tresco between thelate 1800s and the end of the First WorldWar.We had to be up by seven in the morningto feed the animals and the birds in theduckery (which had emus, cranes,flamingoes, ducks, swans, Chinese geese,ostriches and peacocks at one time)andCalifornia quail, which hatch about the sizeof a bumble bee.David Smith, the gamekeeper, awonderful man with birds, taught us howto rear them. After he retired he still wentfishing. One day when he was 94 he wentout in a dense fog alone and refused to letthe launch men tow him home. Both thelifeboat and the launch hunted for twodays, but they never found him.We had school from 9.30-12.00 and from2.30-4.00, and then we were free. Ourgoverness had nothing to do with usoutside school. We had our workshopwhere we learned to carve wood, turnmetal and model boats; we gardened andset eel lines.Officially we were not allowed to sail untilwe could swim. But on the freshwater poolwe had an old mahogany dugout canoethat came in from a wreck. We took it inturns to sit in the canoe with a bath toweland mop handle. The we tied sheets to ourbootlaces, stuck our feet over the side andsailed across the pond. Guests at theAbbey said, ‘Fancy letting your daughtergo in that canoe!’ Our father said, ‘It’s twofoot water and four foot mud. If they fall in,

Tresco-born authorand editor of the

Marine Quarterly,Sam Llewellyn

continues to lookback at the lives ofhis Dorrien Smith

great-aunts, Charlotte,Innis, Mary, Gwen

and Cicely

their way over to Samson at high tideand managed to get her back alongsidethe quay without Jack Bean knowinganything about it. That particular loadwas made up of 1800 boxes of flowers!The crew of the Black Swan that nightwas Mike Pearce, Peter Bastian, DomSewick and Laurie Terry. The crew wouldnot have picked up their moorings untilabout 2am – loading the Scillonian backthen was not a quick job. In those days,all the flower boxes were tied together intwos and loaded on to the barge loose.They were then loaded on to theScillonian by the side door into the hold.There were no pallets in those days! more fools they!’

Once I was invited to a new year’s dancein Penzance in a northeast gale. I did notdare not go. It was four hours before wegot to Seven Stones. I joined CaptainHooper in the wheelhouse, frozen andsoaked. Once for three consecutive waveswe never saw the foc’sle head – only themast sticking up out of the water. But I gotto the ball and returned next day in threehours with a fair wind. Horatio Jenkins, our boatman for 43years, was like a second father, andbrought us all up the way we should go.Sometimes if we said, ‘Let’s take a reefout,’ he would answer, ‘Courage withoutconduct is like pudding without fat. Thedevil,’ he added, ‘might make a fine sailorif he’d only look aloft.’ We were notallowed the steam launch, but onWednesday and Saturday – half-holidays –we sailed with Horatio to St Mary’s to getthe mail and had a good many squalls andlearned how to lay to, reef and drop thepeak. All the girls sailed and raced at Cowes.Innis, a pioneer in ocean sailing, was thefirst woman to win the Plymouth-Santander race, for which she was made alife member of the Royal Ocean RacingClub. Gwen went round the world and wasthe first woman to cross the Great Dividein the Arctic Circle by the Rat River Route,canoeing down the Mackenzie, across theYukon, and through Alaska to the Pacific.She paid her way by selling herwatercolours, sent nearly 300 types offlower to Kew and collected butterflies,now part of the British Museum Watneycollection.

Aunts Ahoy!

Little Stint, Europe’s smallest wader andwith the upperpart plumage clearlyindicating the age of the bird, as to beexpected at this time of year. The second wader, larger, again showingwhitish mantle “V’s, but with a clear greyish“pectoral” band across the breast and dullyellowish-green legs proves to be aPectoral Sandpiper, a scarce but regularmigrant from North America/EasternSiberia. Which way around the globe has ittravelled to reach Scilly I wonder and that’sthe fascination of migration don’t you think?A strong south-westerly front is forecast forthe day after to-morrow so a change ofvisiting birds I suspect!

Talking of plenty more to come, beforewe know it Spring will be just around thecorner, so why not come over toTresco/Bryher for a Tour “Birds, Flowers& Butterflies” with David:April 25-30: Hell Bay, BryherApril 30-May 5: New Inn, Tresco

For full details of prices and bookingsplease contact: David Rosair, IslandVentures Tel: 01227 793501Email: drosair@aol.com www.islandventures.co.uk

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The details of the holidays are:Based at Hell Bay 26 to 30 March 20122 to 6 October 2012 Visits to archaeological sites on St Mary’s (plus the Isles of ScillyMuseum), Samson, Tresco (plusthe Abbey Garden), St Agnes andGughCost: £750 including helicopter, 4nights’ DBB, boat trips, entrancecharges, evening slide show,holiday insurance.Contact Katharine on 01720423326 or Hell Bay 01720 422947

However, this did not prevent theParliamentarian soldiers, fresh from theirsuccessful capture of the Blockhouse onthe eastern side of Tresco and supported bytheir ships in Tresco Channel, fromcapturing the castle in April 1651.King Charles’ Castle, although an excellentlookout, is not well positioned for defendingTresco Channel as it was difficult to depressthe guns sufficiently to fire on enemy shipsin the Channel. This – and the damage doneto the castle during the Parliamentarianattack – seems to be why it was replacedby Cromwell’s Castle, the building of whichstarted in 1651.Both King Charles’ and Cromwell’s Castleswill be visited during the four night

archaeological breaks which will be basedat the Hell Bay in 2012. Guests will beguided by Katharine Sawyer, the islands’resident archaeologist and local historian.

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Editor: Alasdair MooreTresco Times, Tresco,Isles of Scilly. TR24 0QQt:01720 422849f:01720 422807editor@tresco.co.ukwww.tresco.co.uk

Dear Editor,Sad to say 'Tersancta' will not be visitingTresco this year, having done so every yearsince 1986. After Jean's death on ChristmasDay 2007 I sailed over sole at the age of 90 &91 in 2008 and 2009, but this year it's Treliskfor me, for cardioversion. Greetings to Rose,Graham the bike, the crew of Firethorn andyour Harbour Master and guardian angel ofvisiting yachtsmen, Henry Birch. Theattached photograph of 'Tersancta' wastaken by Ellen McArthur in Mounts Bay onher circumnavigation of Britain in 1996. Yours sincerely, R.B. Eliott, a true Tresco /Bryher devotee.Lerryn, Lostwithiel, Cornwall.

Further to an editorial enquiry about Tersancta, the Tresco Times was pleased toreceive another letter from Mr Elliott:

Dear Alasdair,Since you asked, I offer the followingrambling potted history, any part of whichyou are free to use for what ever purpose; asyou wish.Yours sincerely, Ronald.

Trimaran ‘TERSANCTA’, a brief history

‘Tersancta’ (Meaning thrice blessed- oneblessing per hull and no champagne) wasbuilt during 1967 & 1968 by The Rev.Clemantine Gordon (an Oxford graduate), ofThe United Reform Church. The Rev. Gordonconstructed her trimaran in the old FirstWorld War seaplane sheds at BrightlingseaEssex. She really did do the whole buildherself, save for raising the mast and thelaunching.The Rev. Gordon followed Hedley Nicols’‘Islander’ design with modifications. Thesemodifications were advised by her brotherDr. James Edward Gordon, Prof. ofStructures, Reading. He knew that some ofHedley Nicols’ trimarans had returned toharbour as catamarans! Both men hadworked at R.A.E. Farnborough in theStructures Dept. during W.W.2., testingairframes, including wooden airframes e.g.the Mosquito fighter-bomber and the HorsaGlider. 'Tersancta' is built just like a Horsaglider, with stringers on frames clad with adouble diagonal plywood cascophen gluedskin.

Many glasses have been raised this yearin the editor’s office - nothing new thereyou may say - but this year I have had anexcellent excuse provided by the 20thanniversary of the very first Tresco Times.As the year 1991 coincides with my ownarrival on Tresco, as a callow horticulturalstudent at the Abbey Gardens, theanniversary has a personal resonance too.Lots has happened in the interveningyears (war, famine, earthquakes,baldness…) but one of the most importantglobal developments is our increasedawareness of environmental issues.Twenty years ago it would have beeneditorial suicide to have encouragedreaders to unsubscribe to paper copiesbut, in 2011, it actually seems the heightof good sense. Our websitewww.tresco.co.uk now has a rather snazzyTresco Times page and readers can bealerted to new editions by email. As weare being constantly reminded, lesseningthe size of our personal carbon footprint isextremely important. The Tresco Timeswould like to do its bit in this regard! Theonline Tresco Times is also posted on thewebsite a couple of weeks earlier than it isposted through your letter box. Shouldyou wish to change your subscription toour digital version rather than the papercopy then simply email us attrescotimesonline@tresco.co.uk . Pleasebe sure to include your current addressand postcode, so that we can remove youfrom our Tresco Times mailing list. Now, having extolled the planet-savingvirtues of paper-free reading, I think it alsomy duty to point out that this is not theonly publication with a fine Tresco lineage.Tresco-born Sam Llewellyn’s The MarineQuarterly is an absolute must for anyonewho likes the sea and literature. I have hadto remove my copies from the editorialoffice as they proved too distracting.Beautifully produced, I recommend TheMarine Quarterly heartily as a terrific readand a most excellent use of paper.

Clem, as the Rev.Gordon wasknown to herfriends, sailed'Tersancta' singlehanded up theEast coast toNewcastle, backdown and roundDover, across theChannel to Belgium and France, back toThe Isle of Wight, then West round LandsEnd , on up to the Hebrides and backdown South to the upper reaches ofMilford Haven, mooring her in the Cledouriver off Picton Castle.After we bought her, we moved her to theriver bank oposite the castle below Mrs.Rosser’s cottage (she was daughter of thelast Landshipping to Picton ferryman). .Clem sold her house in Witney, Oxon andwent to North Island, New Zealand. Hereshe founded St. Isaacs Retreat, high abovethe banks of Opononi Harbour, from whereher great uncle had shipped hardwoodtimber to the Roya Navy in Sidney. Hergrave is there. I met her first at an AmateurYacht Research Society meeting in Londoncirca 1970 and finally in a care home inKaikohe not far from Opononi. Truly a mostremarkable woman. My wife Jean and I totally restored’Tersancta’ starting on the river bank andthen at East Lanion Marine, PembrokeDock, encouraged by Robin O’Hara and hisfamily, who started and owned the yardthere.We sailed from there in 1986 to OuistrehamNormandy, where our daughter then lived,stopping along the way and back to theScillies for our first visit, which has been anannual event ever since. Latterly, withHenry Birch's help, we always moored offBreton Rock, my most favourite place inthe whole world.

20 Years of The Tresco Times 1991 -2011...still free and still making sense of Scilly.With the remakableannouncement of“Good News onSewage!” on its frontpage, the first TrescoTimes burst on to theworld of internationalmedia in 1991. Editedby Wendy Gleadle, onlya few hundred copieswere printed. That sameyear saw the arrival ofRichard and Kathy

Picture of Tersancta taken by EllenMcArthur on her trip round Britain. Therecord-breakingyachtswomanrafted up with theElliotts, who madeher supper andlent her a chart forher passage toPlymouth.

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The late RichardBarber - the heart ofthe Tresco Times.

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EDITORIAL

THE TRESCO TIMESOUR VIEWS ARE CLEAR

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Barber on Tresco, with Richard assumingthe mantle of Editor. He was to remain atthe helm of the Tresco Times until his saddeath in 2010. This period saw the printrun of the Tresco Times soar to the giddyheights of 45,000 per issue.Over the years, headlines have varied fromthe parochial to the nationally important.There have been some controversialmoments, not least a suggestion thatcopies of the Tresco Times were to beincinerated on St Mary’s, following apossible libel action!

Shipwrecks, fires and a solar eclipse haveall shared pages with news of Tresco’sschool, church, sporting activities andwaffles with the Commodore, along withthe comings and goings of islanders andvisitors.

The Tresco Times continues to reportisland events, past and present, andlooks forward to another twenty yearsspent making sense of Scilly!

Boro-ing from Down UnderDear Editor,I have been reading some of the onlineeditions of the Tresco Times. My husband'sgreat grand parents Richard Ellis Prideaux,son of John and Ann Prideaux and RuthAnn Jenkin, daughter of Walter and Peggy

Dear Editor,On previous visits I have looked severaltimes at Governor Godolphin's mid-17thsurface and shallow underground trials fortin on Castle Down. I went back with myfamily, Caroline, Danica and Hal, to have anevening look at the pits and trenches: onGoogle Earth there is a line of workingsstretching along strike for about 680 yards,on a heading of 62°. I started down at Piper's Hole and lookedalong the strike of the pits and then walkedacross the strike in a couple of places. Westopped to watch a couple of baskingsharks, after having scrambled down to the coast path. Under a bright andlow evening sun, I found a specimen of cassiterite in the cliff slope thatcarried a small but rich sprinkling of crystals

promise for this to have been undertaken.Anyway, this sample, likely to have beencast out with other waste down the cliff,shows that there could have been muchricher pieces found. But, again, as far as Iknow, this is the only known specimen oftin from Scilly.yours sincerelyBarry GambleCornwall.

There’s Cassiterite in them tharhills... that’s tin to you and me.Regular visitor to Tresco and geologistBarry Gamble writes to the Tresco Times ofan important discovery made by him nearPiper’s Hole on Castle Downs that couldprove a vital jigsaw piece in ourunderstanding of Tresco’s past.

Above: the brown crystals of cassiterite ortin in the granite found by Barry Gamble.Was Scilly once the legendary Cassiterides,the Tin Isles of Herodotus?

You say Borough and I say Boro...

to 2mm over a 50x50mmface on a large piece ofvein quartz, firmlyembedded and locked inby equally large pieces ofbroken granite. I wasn'tsure if this was in situ (ieoutcrop) and it wasn't about to budge. Iwent back and retrievedit, realising that it was notin situ but (very longsince) broken from avein; the broken, notweathered, quartzstained deeply by peat.Up the cliff slope onto the down is a lode-backpit, part of the line described above.

I used to talk at length with RogerPenhallurick (former Keeper of Natural History at the Royal Institution ofCornwall) about tin on Scilly and though wediscussed written records of trials and somereports of small amounts of tin foundcenturies ago, the only verifiable evidenceof any cassiterite from Scilly seemed to bethe pebble from Par beach hut on StMartins (though very small tin content) anda reliable report of "minute specks" ofcassiterite detected by Charles Smith(Geevor geologist) in a vein at Piper's Holein 1979. But other than this we were notaware of any specimens of any visiblecassiterite, let alone rich crystals. Clearly, ifthese shallow, yet fairly extensive, surfacetrails were ordered by Godolphin asGovernor, and bringing over Cornish tinnersto do the work, then I always figured thatthere must have been some indication of

Jenkin were from Tresco and emigrated toAustralia soon after their marriage on Trescoin 1863. Ruth's brother Walter and her sisterMargaret Mary also emigrated. Waltermarried Amelia Mumford, daughter of Henryand Fanny Mumford of Tresco in Melbournein December 1863.I am interested in Borough - is it an area ofTresco or a farm? Both Prideaux and Jenkinfamily members lived there throughout the19th century. In the 1841 Census Walterand Peggy Jenkin and their family are listedas living at Borough, as are quite a fewother Jenkin(s) families. Some of the menwere farmers and others mariners. JohnPrideaux and his family are listed as living atBorough or Boro through from the 1841census to the 1881 census. In the 1881

census John is listed as being a farmer of4.5 acres at Boro Farm.I was wondering if any of your readersknow the history of Borough and would bekind enough to let me know more about it. Leigh PrideauxCarrum, Victoria, Australia

Please send any responses to the Editorand they will be published in the next issue.

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Christmas on Tresco

From over 120 entries to the Simply Beautiful Tresco PhotoCompetition, judges Robert and Lucy Dorrien Smith had to choose asingle winner. Lucy described the process as: “...very difficult indeed. The standardwas extremely high, with some really superb images. After much thoughtand consideration, we have chosen Emily Ashford’s Blockhouse Sunsetas the winner!”

Simply Beautiful Winner!

On being asked for a comment onher triumph, Emily exclaimed:“Hooray!”, which was just theresponse the editor was after. Shecontinued: “I have hundreds ofpictures of Tresco but I chose thisone because it was a bit differentand I love the colours.”Emily has been coming to Trescosince she was 8 years old and onher first visit she spent most of hertime taking pictures for herBrownies’ Photography Badge. Nobadge this time, Emily, but dinnerfor four with two bottles of wine atthe Flying Boat Club instead.The range of subject matters variedfrom a detailed study of a wave to amossy plant pot from the AbbeyGardens. Tresco beaches, dawnsand sunsets figured highly but theoverwhelming commondenominator was a love of Tresco.The top 25 images will be displayedin two galleries on Tresco’s websitewww.tresco.co.uk. In addition,every single image that was sent inwill be featured on our TrescoIsland Facebook page.The Tresco Times would like tothank everybody who took part andcongratulates our worthy winner,Emily Ashford.

Tresco’s ChristmasDay 2010 sawcloudless blue skiesand unbrokensunshine, as the abovephotograph illustrates(taken by the NewInn’s Rachel Young,just before she tuckedinto her turkey!). Someguests at the Flying

Boat Club even enjoyed their Christmaslunch alfresco on their beachfrontterraces. At 9.5C, Tresco was officially thewarmest place in the country onChristmas Day.Bookings for this year are being madealready and though we cannot promise thesame wonderful Blue Christmas, restassured that Tresco will be full of festivegood cheer. And even if the weather is moreappropriately seasonal, the island remains awonderful place to spend Christmas andNew Year.As well as rooms at the welcoming New Inn,there is a range of self-cateringaccommodation available, from traditionalcottages to the beachfront houses at theFlying Boat Club. All of these come with theirvery own Christmas tree, a seasonal hamper,including champagne, wine and assortedlocal goodies, membership of the Flying BoatClub and leisure spa, and free entry to theAbbey Gardens.

Over Christmas and New Year, eating in orout, Tresco has much to offer. The New Inn isopen all day, every day and on ChristmasDay will be serving its traditional ChristmasLunch. Booking is essential. Christmas spiritwill run freely at the New Inn, even if you arenot dining. It is the Christmas Day custom atthe pub for everyone’s first drink to be on thehouse between 12-3pm, so join the rest ofthe island for a celebratory libation. Our oneand only local pub will, as always, be theepicentre of New Year’s Eve celebrationswith fancy dress and dancing into the weesmall hours of 2012!For those cooking a Christmas feast in theirown cottage, your goose, turkey or choicecut can be pre-ordered from Tresco Stores,sourced from the celebrated Vivian Olds ofSt Just. On Christmas Eve, when TrescoStores is open until 3pm, customers canenjoy their shopping along withcomplimentary wine and nibbles. As alwaysthe shop will be stocked with everything fromvital necessities to luxurious delicacies!The Flying Boat Club will be open every day,except Christmas Day, from 10-5pm offeringrefreshments and light meals. Over thefestivities there will be five dinner and livemusic evenings – booking is essential! OnNew Year’s Eve, the clubhouse will be openin the early evening for aperitifs and canapés,along with some live music, to get thecelebrations started.Services at St. Nicholas’ Church over theChristmas period will be led by Canon PaulMiller, Vicar of Shortlands and Chaplain tothe Queen. A Tresco-regular, Canon Millerfirst visited Tresco as our locum vicar in 1983and we are delighted that he has been

honoured with a Queen’s Chaplaincy, one ofonly 34 in the land.On Tresco, unlike the rest of the British Isles,Christmas is a great time for gardens. Withexotic aloes, acacias and proteas in flower,the Abbey Gardens are well worth visitingand they are open 10-4pm every day.Coffees, teas and snacks are available.On Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, familiesare invited to come and follow the garden’snew Valhalla Children’s Trail, involvingshipwreck and survival! The trail is designedfor under 11s accompanied by an adult. Visiton Boxing Day or New Year’s Day and pickup a trail pack for free!One of the seasonal traditions at the AbbeyGardens is the New Year’s Flower Count. Therecord is over 200 different species of plantin flower. Visit the garden on 2nd Jan andenjoy a free guided tour of the gardens asthe counttakes placeand helpspot theblooms.If you arelooking fora specialfamilyChristmasin beautifulsurroundings or are simply wishing to escapethe hustle and bustle of the Oxford Streetcrowds, and would like further informationabout coming to Tresco, please call:

The Island Office 01720 422849The New Inn 01720 422844or visit www.tresco.co.uk

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Emily Ashford’s winning photo - Blockhouse Sunset

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It is very pleasing to report that the firstphase of the Sea Garden Cottages at theIsland Hotel has gone very well and wehave all been gratified by the amount ofpositive feedback that we have received. Inparticular, there have been many commentscomplimenting the appearance and quality

of the cottages, with their hand-wovenfabrics and original artwork, as well as theeco-friendly heating system. One of themany advantages of approaching theproject in two phases has been that it hasalleviated the anxieties held by some of ourregular hotel customers, regarding theirfuture holidays. On completion in May, theSea Garden Cottages at the Island Hotel will

include 9 one bedroomed cottages, whichcan be booked by the night on a dinner, bedand breakfast rate. In addition, to these“hotel rooms”, there will be 7 rentalcottages, as well as 9 timeshare properties. With the Ruin beachfront restaurant openingin May as well, we are all looking forward to

a very exciting 2012. If you have anyqueries about timeshare at the Sea GardenCottages or any other of our properties onTresco then please do not hesitate tocontact me.

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