Scilly Season

(part one)

By The Bimbler

Google lied to me!

The online images of the Scilly Isles looked almost Caribbean yet here I was approaching this remote archipelago with ominous dark clouds lurking overhead.

A few hours later and with my temporary Silicon Nylon home pitched I headed out to explore the Western coastline of St. Mary’s and found myself drawn to the local plants… some familiar like this Rock Samphire which has a strong smell of turpentine

and others looking altogether more exotic…

the highlight of the day was definitely spotting a pod of around 50 dolphins back lit by the late afternoon sun… unfortunately too far away to photograph but etched forever in my memory.

I was woken the following morning by rainfall and birdsong

a Sparrow had taken shelter in my tent and clearly wanted to make friends…

but then I realised the feathered criminal was simply playing decoy for a raiding party that was busy tucking into my breakfast

By the time I’d evicted the Marauders it stopped raining so I hopped on a boat to nearby St Agnes. Watching everyone heading off in the same direction… I headed the opposite way and followed a friendly dog across the low tide sand bar and onto to the Isle of Gugh