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| Cimetery
by the church |
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| St
Agnes' light house |
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| If
the walls are strong enough to resist the gale, the flowers will tell that
the climate is rather mild and warm most of the time |
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| Looks
like Ouessant, another island at the westernmost end of Brittany |
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| The
boat comes back to pick us up and bring us from St Agnes to Tresco |
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| The
only red light (no cars on Tresco) protects the grass runway |
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| Yes
we could have landed there, no problem ! |
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| Coming
into the gardens of Tresco - those who are indifferent to flowers and colours
can skip a few pictures ! |
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| The
way the story goes, Sir Augustus Smith was appointed Lord Proprietor of
the Scillies in 1834 |
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| He
then decided to create a garden with all the seeds and plants brought back
by Scillonian sailors from the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands |
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| Emmanuel
is thoroughly enjoying the botanical gardens, more for the calm than the
flora |
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| Sir
Augustus' nephew introduced pines and cypresses to protect the gardens
from the storms |
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| His
successor, Major Arthur Dorrien Smith, had been all around the world during
his army career |
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| He
introduced new plants from South Africa, New Zealand, Australia... |
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| and
from all the southern hemisphere |
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