Tresco Journal

"It’s all about companionship really,” mused Dave Hamilton, Tresco’s kitchen gardener. Leaning on his fork, Dave was summing up his approach to growing fruit, vegetables and cut flowers.

Walking between Tresco and Bryher on a spring tide is one of the great island activities. However many times you do it, the quiet thrill of defying the natural order of things never really leaves you.

Maybe it’s the air – big lungfuls of salty maritime air bowling in across the Atlantic – but it’s healthier to be by the sea. They’ve done research and it’s a fact. All of which makes being on a small island rather good news.

At the start of this year Jess Turnbull, therapist at the Flying Boat Club Spa, received the honour of being named one of the finalists of the ila Therapist of the Year Award 2012. Jess tells us a bit about the competition and what it means to her to have been recognised by ila.

If you’ve stayed at the New Inn you’ll know that there’s always a friendly face to welcome you and make you feel at home, most often that of Rachel Young, New Inn receptionist.

The February 2013 edition of Conde Nast Traveller saw a special issue listing their Gold Standard of all-time favourite hotels, restaurants, bars and beach clubs from around the world.

Tresco & Bryher Cricket Club have not had the most outstanding of seasons in terms of victories (it took us until August to win our first match) but it has certainly been a very enjoyable summer.

As part of the one year scholarship at Tresco Abbey Garden, the students have the option of working in another garden for two weeks, to get a flavour of gardening in a different environment.

In all the years that I spent as a gardener on Tresco, I never had much of an inclination towards the bramble as a plant.

With the purpose of investigating 17th century tin mining on Tresco with mining heritage expert and geologist Barry Gamble, a small group of Tresco residents took the plunge into Piper’s Hole last week.

Tresco Abbey Garden is home to a collection of ships figureheads and other artefacts that come from shipwrecks that took place on and around the Isles of Scilly.

Through the art and knowledge of Sipsmith’s ace mixologist Jared Brown, the Ruin Beach Cafe is now serving a brand new martini with a distinctive Scillonian twist….ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Trescotini.