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Tresco (9th Sep 2018)
9th Sep 2018
Local
watermen
ferried
us
in
open
boats
from
our
ship
at
anchor
to
the
island
of
Tresco
as
I
admired
the
numerous
rocks
around,
Virginia
much
preferred
the
lifeboats
that
the
Columbus
normally
used
as
tenders.
Happily
the
weather
shone
upon
us
this
day.
Tresco
was
beautiful,
a
harmony
of
rock
and
sea
and
vegetation.
We
walked
from
the
landing
point
to
the
Tresco
Abbey
Garden
which
is
a
large
sloping
garden
full
of
diversity.
This
was
my
favourite
port
of
call
of
the
whole
cruise.
There
was
much
to
see,
plants
in
bloom,
collections
from
different
areas
in
the
world,
yet
there
was
plenty
of
room
so
one
didn't
feel
one
was
fighting
one's
way
through
a
crowd.
There
were
seats
to
sit
on,
a
cafe
to
have
an
ice
cream
at
and
resist
buying
fancy
socks
at,
and
a
collection
of
figureheads
from
shipwrecks
around
the
Scilly
Isles.
It
was
a
good
walk
from
the
gardens
to
New
Grimsby
where
the
open
boats
collected
us
to
take
us
back
to
the
Columbus.
It
was
worth
making
sure
we
fitted
onto
the
first
boat.