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Scilly DivingLouise WallaceIf you have been to the Scillies, you may have enjoyed the solitude, the green scenery of the tiny islands and epic expanses of sub-tropical style glistening white sand beaches and azure blue seas, served by friendly locals all too dependent on tourism as the almost sole income. Some, of an earlier generation, may remember TV news of Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, on his holidays, and know that he is buried there.Of all the many islands and groups of islands around Great Britain, none of equal size or population is as exposed or remote as the Isles of Scilly. What you probably don't know, is the Islands have as much history below as above sea-level, including ancient burial grounds from thousands of years ago, and Napoleonic forts with original gun emplacements intact. These islands are the remains of ancient sunken volcanic mountains that now exist at the junction of the major shipping lanes of the Irish Sea, English and Bristol Channels. Because of navigational error and often made worse by fog, it has the largest concentration of wrecks in the world, with over 1,000 named and mapped, and that cannot be all... To read the rest of this article, you'll need to get your hands on Tanked Up Magazine. It's free. What are you waiting for? |
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