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GETTING THERE
AND AROUND
Take a train to
Penzance, in Cornwall,
then reach St. Mary’s
via either a quick flight
with the airline Skybus
(islesofscilly-travel.
co.uk) or a three-hour
ferry ride on the
Scillonian (islesof
scilly-travel.co.uk;
operates March to
November). The
St. Mary’s Boatmen’s
Association (scilly
St. Martin’s boating.co.uk) has a
the way back to the ferry we bought
fleet that transports
apples from one of a seemingly Bryher visitors between the
endless array of farm stands, which five main islands.
offer organic vegetables and Tresco There are no cars for
hire; to get around,
ridiculously affordable bouquets.
rent a bike or an
As our boat pulled out of St. Mary’s, electric golf cart.
I thought about what the volunteer
astronomer who’d given us a tour of the TRAVEL PLANNER
U.K. specialist Ellen
observatory had told me. “No one ever St. Mary’s
visits the Isles of Scilly once,” she said. LeCompte (ellen@
lecompte travel.com;
I pulled out my phone. o ci 804-510-0608) is a
“I’m just going to check on some member of T+L’s A-List
cottages for next summer,” I told my of travel advisors.
She can incorporate
husband.
a multiday visit to the
“I already sent you some links,” he Isles of Scilly into a
replied. St. Agnes Britain itinerary.

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