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'The Scillies are a throwback to the Cornwall of the 1950s,' writes Dominic Midgley, 'but with all the conveniences of the modern world... and Tresco is one of the most charming islands.'
Plants from all over the world flourish at Tresco Abbey Gardens, thanks to the unusually warm climate Tom Parker A flicker of wings catches my eye, darting through the small churchyard before alighting on a lichen-laced tombstone, a distinctive red tail bobbing up and down. This delicate black redstart has recently arrived from Eastern Europe – here, like so many unexpected plants and animals on this exotic archipelago, for the mild climate. I am on Tresco, the second biggest of the low-lying granite islands that make up the Isles of Scilly – cast like rose petals into the Atlantic, off...