Cromwell’s Castle seen from the top of the hill on Tresco, pictured here in 1989 and 2006. Cromwell had this castle built looking out over Tresco Harbour, using some of the stones from King Charles’ Castle at the top of the hill.
Camel Rock, St Marys
Camel Rock on St Marys, pictured here in 1987 and 2006. The annual Scilly music festival takes place at Camel Rock each year.
Burnt Island, St Agnes
The strange structure on Burnt Island off St Agnes, pictured here in 2004 and 2006. I’ve never been entirely clear on what this is for – any ideas?
Bryher All Saints Church
The All Saints Anglican church just up the road from the main quay on Bryher, pictured here in 1996, and 2005 and 2006. Apparently this church holds the honour of being the most westerly church in the (Anglican) Provinces of Canterbury and York! Once again, the 2005 shot is used by permission of John Jenkins
Bryher Beach
The beach next to the main quay on Bryher, pictured here in 1987 and 1989. I’ve been reliably informed by John Hicks that the boat SC47 was/is called ‘The Shiralee’, so there you go.
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse
The world famous Bishop Rock Lighthouse, seen here way back in 1969 and then more recently in 2005 and 2006. According to the Guiness Book of world records, Bishop Rock is listed as the world’s smallest island – and you can read more about it at the Trinity House website. The shot from 2005 was…
Tearing the floor up at New Year
Having got back from a busy Christmas all over the country, Sara decided to take some initiative and rip up the kitchen floor! Parts of it have been peeling up intermitently for a while, but after we left the fridge defrosting while we were away a lot more of it had come up. So we…
A (still) unfinished job
This is a bit of a work-in-progress job – sorting out the part of the toilet room that was previously behind a cupboard. Sadly, the previous owners decided not to bother plastering it properly when they installed the new boiler, and instead just stuck a load of cruddy posters and letters over the top. Obviously…
Filling in the gaps
One of the few areas which we hadn’t already painted is the area outside the bathroom – for the obvious reason that we were waiting until the bathroom was finished so we knew where to paint! Now that it IS finished, we’re painting the bit outside the door to match the rest of the hall…
Almost finished!
Today was Tony’s last day at the house, and he managed to finish everything he planned to. All we have to do now is decorate a bit – paint the bathroom, treat the new doors etc. Henry also managed to hang a new door in the bedroom, which was a bit of a bonus!