10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCILLY ISLES»
Discover the use of
Scilly Isles in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Scilly Isles and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Walking in the
Isles of
Scilly: A guide to exploring the islands
The third edition of this popular guide to walking on the Scilly Isles at the south-western edge of Britain, including 11 day walks and 4 boat trips, perfect for a fortnight away from it all.
2
Tourists Guide to Cornwall and the
Scilly Isles
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Walter Hawken Tregellas, 2008
3
Cornwall and the
Isles of
Scilly
... Diving cornwall (www.divingcornwall.com), or dive shop cornish Diving in
Falmouth (% 01326 313178; www.cornishdiving.co.uk). gig racing Gig racing
could be described as Cornwall's national sport, and on the Scilly Isles it's a
passion.
4
Pub191, 2004 Sailing Directions (Enroute): English Channel
m. Peninnis Head (St. Mary's) Light Pilotage. — Pilotage is compulsory for St.
Mary's Road and all the waters within the Scilly Isles with the exception of fishing
trawlers less than 47.5m in length, yachts less than 20m in length, and HM
vessels.
5
The
Isles of
Scilly: Their Story their Folk & their Flowers
A WELLKNOWN writer has spoken of the Scilly Isles as “patches of rock, dignified
byhistoricalandpolitical associations”; and one is surprised tofind,
consideringtheir small size and their isolated situation, how very frequently they
do figure ...
6
Cornwall & the
Isles of
Scilly: the complete guide
They can be purchased from any good bookshop and most TICs. They also
produce a 1:25,000 Outdoor Leisure Map to the Scilly Isles which is in greater
detail and highlights those items of interest to the visitor. For walkers on the South
West ...
7
The
Isles of
Scilly (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 103)
About 30 miles south-west of Land’s End is the low group of rocks and islands that form the Isles of Scilly. Mysterious, romantic and beautiful, they have long exercised the imagination of story tellers and historians.
8
Wildflowers of Cornwall and the
Isles of
Scilly
David Chapman. Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum Height: l 0-30 cm Flower:
l-l.6 cm, Jun-Aug A creeping plant with erect flower stems, which persist as brown
stems long after the flowers have died. The flowers, which have six petals, are ...
9
The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered ...
What Cornwall and the Scilly Isles gain in beauty, they pay for with danger.
Beyond the Seven Stones, and twenty-eight miles south-west of the mainland,
are the Scillies themselves. There are five main inhabited islands, but over 140
smaller ...
10
The Journals of George Eliot
VIII. Recollections. of. the. Stilly. Isles. and. Jersey. 1857. This pair of '
Recollections' runs parallel to GE's diary for the period from 15 March 1857 when
they left home, to their return to Richmond on 25 July. They were in the Scilly
Isles from 26 ...
George Eliot, Margaret Harris, Judith Johnston, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCILLY ISLES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Scilly Isles is used in the context of the following news items.
Case of the missing cones leaves island police feeling Scilly
After finding a parking spot, Prince Charles and Camilla arrive for a visit to the Island Fair in Hugh Town during their Scilly Isles tour. Photograph: Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Scilly Isles among UK leaders in superfast fibre broadband take up
The 12,184 tonne cable ship sits a kilometre off the Porthcressa Beach on the Isle of Scilly, as the cable is brought towards shore. This cable project that will ... «Western Morning News, May 15»
Isles of Scilly seek Pc for the 'most enviable police job in the world'
The islands are not renowned as a hotbed of crime but any potential candidate would need ... People search for shrimps on the shores of Tresco, the Scilly Isles. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Gitane Du Berlais stakes Cheltenham claims with Scilly Isles success
Daryl Jacob and Gitane Du Berlais clear the last to win Scilly Isles Novices' Steeple Chase from Irish Saint at Sandown. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
England's Scilly Isles Just Got Some Unlikely Karma
In what appears at first glance to be the most bizarre new opening on earth, Karma Resorts, which own three hotels on Bali, and one in each of Lombok, ... «HotelChatter, Aug 14»
Falmouth ladies and men power to rowing glory in world pilot gig final
This morning, as racing got under way for the heats and finals, the Scilly Isles was basking in warm sunshine and crystal blue skies. Tamar and Tavy's ladies ... «Western Morning News, May 14»
Scilly Isles to get their first set of traffic lights
It only has only nine miles of road and until recently was blissfully virtually car free. However the increasing number of vehicles on the roads of the Isles of Scilly ... «Western Morning News, Apr 14»
Workmanlike Whisky lands Grade One Scilly Isles Novices' Chase …
Oscar Whisky landed the odds in the Grade One Scilly Isles Novices' Chase but it was hard work at Sandown. Nicky Henderson's nine-year-old was sent off the ... «Daily Mail, Feb 14»
Scilly Isles in pioneering broadband scheme
It aims to deliver faster broadband for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2014. Overall, the Government has promised the UK will have the best broadband ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»
Scilly Isles firms 'precarious' as helicopter link ends
Running a business in the Isles of Scilly is becoming "precarious" as the end of a helicopter link ... The islands will lose their helicopter service on 31 October. «BBC News, Oct 12»
