St Agnes Island, Scilly Isles, England
Inspired by my visit to the most westerly point of mainland Europe Cabo De Roca near Lisbon. I started an adventure to visit the most westerly points, this time of inhabited England.
I know, I know, I am a weirdo. But this idea actually brought me to very interesting places and landscapes.
St Agnes is situated in the group of Scilly Isles Island (Scilly read: Silly) of the coast of Cornwall.
To get here there is a daily flight from near Penzance or you can get the boat. The flight takes 30 mins with a tiny plane, which gets really booked up fast. I managed to book a flight in the morning, so I can do a day there and then come back to Cornwall. However knowing my luck, it was a really foggy morning, and the flight was cancelled. Some people managed to get unto the boat that sailed from Penzance, but I didn’t. The boat was fully book, the flight the day after was already booked too. So my friend and I ended up booked on the boat on the next day.
It was such a big mistake. The 3-hour boat journey, not going to the island. It was the most choppy sea and horrible sea journey I have ever had. Almost everyone on the trip threw up or felt sick. I moved from sitting inside to outside to get the air, also because there was a growing stench of puke in the ferry. Not good. For your information, I didn’t throw up, probably because I had anti sickness tablet, ginger biscuits and those 80’s looking arm bands with a little pressure point ball. But I still felt really quesy.
By the time we reached St Mary, the main island, I really didn’t want to get on another boat to go to St agnes. It is only 30 mins journey my friend said and it is a fast boat. I’m really glad I did.
St Agnes is a beautiful tiny island, it took us 30 mins to walk from one point to another. They don’t really have any cars, just a few golf carts.
There is a farm, a few cafes and 2 pubs. I had the most beautiful scones, bacon bap and soup in this cafe. All sourced from the island. Amazing right?
When I ate these things I knew that these types of beautiful food is why people rave on about eating local produce. It is definitely nicer and yummier.
While we were sitting and eating, we saw a few policemen walking by. I thought, that is weird for a tiny island to have so many policeman. It turns out the estate owner of the island is visiting that day, who else would it be? it is the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. Prince Charles and CPB.
We were only metres away from them but all my camera captured was his HRH’s head. Hahaha.
Bored of trying to catch a picture of HRH’s head, we decided to try the farm. To find the most exciting thing ever! On the farm made ice cream! So yummy.
Then we stopped by the beach, by the time we explored a bit, it is time to return to the main island, to catch yet another 2 boat journey.
It was really tiring but really worth it, the boat back was ok. When we got back to our BnB the owner asked whether we managed to get the plane to St Mary, we said no, he said, oh so you took the scilonian stomach pump?
Next time I think I’d like to stay in the isles longer, to properly explore all the islands. Obviously will make sure I take the plane next time.
What is the most sick inducing trip you ever had? What did you do? Was it worth it?
Bucket list Ndien !!! Kita plan bakalan road trip ke UK asap for several weeks….ahhhhh cantik2 sekali foto2mu 🙂
🙂 wah masuk bucket list mu. Seru nih road trip ke UK. Thank you atas pujiannya. Biasalah bukan skill, tapi keadaan yang cantik tuh, good weather.
Beautiful island and most importantly, lovely weather!
Speaking of a trip, my recent visit to Banda was unforgetable. The water was very choppy and more than 80% of the passengers got sick. God, the stench was unbearable. Yet I managed not to throw up because I was too busy with my food. LOL.
Yes I think if the weather wasn’t lovely, I’d feel dissapointed. I’d love to go to Banda Islands. Is boat the only way in? What was the food?
I believe Merpati has a morning flight Mbak, but IMO the runaway is a bit too short. I had nasi kuning Ambon, pisang asar, keripik singkong (from Malang) and duku Ternate (the best duku I’ve ever had). I was travelling with Ibu-Ibu and they brought a lot of food, as always 🙂
Wuaaa, the smells of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. 😀
What an amazing tiny island with beautiful view. *aku nelan iler liat makanannya*. Kaya enak banget.
Bunga yang ungu di tepi jalan cantik. ❤
Hahahahha gak nyium2 bau Duke and duchess sih. Cuman keliatan kepala botaknya aja. Hahahhah iya menyenangkan sekali pulau inu.
hehehehe, sapa tau karena keluarga kerajaan wanginya tercium dari jauh. kekekekeke, dibutuhkan imajinasi kuat menyatukan hanya bagian botak dan pemilik sebenarnya. Kayanya kalo aku di pulau itu bisa lama bermalas2an atau habis jalan bolak balik atau cuma duduk memandang. 🙂
the first three pics remind me of Alice in Wonderland, for some reason! 😀 in a very good way, of course.
i’ve had seasickness once too when we went to one of the Thousand Islands in Indonesia by motorboat (i think it was a 1,5 hour journey). luckily i didn’t throw up. :p never had any other motion sickness otherwise, not even when my hubby’s face turned green from my dad’s driving around central Java. 😀
Alice in wonderland is 150 this year! Amazing how a book like that withstood time right? Hahahaha I think my late dad’s driving never made anyone sick, they are too busy praying for their lives hahaha.
anehnya aku tidak suka mengunjungi suatu tempat dua kali kak
Oh gitu yah Win… ? Tapi kalau misalnya tempat itu blum kejelahin beneran gemana?
itu baru mw bali lg kak “D