WALKING IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY
by
Paddy Dillon
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Author
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 90 gudebooks to his name and contributions to 40 other titles. He has written for several outdoor magazines and other publications, and has appeared on radio and television.
Paddy uses a tablet computer to write as he walks. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them.
He is an indefatigable long‐distance walker who has walked all of Britain’s National Trails and several European trails. He has also walked in Nepal, Tibet, Korea and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
Glyndŵr’s Way
Irish Coastal Walks
The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way
The GR20 Corsica
The GR5 Trail
The Great Glen Way
The Irish Coast to Coast Walk
The Mountains of Ireland
The National Trails
The North York Moors
The Pennine Way
The Reivers Way
The South West Coast Path
The Teesdale Way
The Wales Coast Path
Trekking in Greenland
Trekking in the Alps (contributor)
Trekking in Mallorca
Walking and Trekking in Iceland
Walking in County Durham
Walking in Madeira
Walking in Mallorca
Walking in Menorca
Walking in Sardinia
Walking in the North Pennines
Walking on Arran
Walking on Gran Canaria
Walking on Guernsey
Waling on Jersey
Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro
Walking on La Palma
Walking on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
Walking on Malta
Walking on Tenerife
Walking the Galloway Hills
© Paddy Dillon 2015
Fourth edition 2015
ISBN 978 1 85284 806 4
Reprinted 2018 (with updates)
Third edition 2009
Second edition 2006
First edition 2000
Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
The map on page 83 is used with permission of the Abbey Garden.
Updates to this Guide
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Front cover: Cromwell’s Castle on the island of Tresco
CONTENTS
Getting to the Isles of Scilly
Getting around the Isles of Scilly
Tourist Information and Accommodation
Island Animals
Marine Park Wildlife
Fishing
Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
The Duchy of Cornwall
The Plan of this