Don't forget... the Entire UK is just a group of islands... EVERYONE in the UK is a Islander. The furthest distance from the ocean in the UK is just under 70 Miles. These isle (Scilly) due to their location are very warm when compared to the mainland, they are closer to the equator and get warm air coming in from the SW. I have never been, but would love to visit there. Those pointy Eared Squirrels are Native British Red squirrels (Also European). However American Grey squirrels have made them pretty much extinct in the south of UK (Grey's are bigger and territorial... they are also classed as invasive vermin). North UK and the smaller islands are the only place Red's exist now. When i was a kid, Reds were common in London... in just a couple of decades, Grey's wiped them out.
It's nothing to do with being closer to the equator by something like 5 miles! It's to do with the fact that the local climate is more affected by the sea temperature because they're small islands and the gulf stream brings in warmer water.
@@stumccabe I kept it simple. Yes the gulf stream warms the water... but the air/wind is what keeps the land and weather warmer. The Gulf stream warms the air/wind... and the equator is what creates the warm water in the gulf stream. The Gulf stream itself is caused by the sun warming the ocean and land on the equator and the lack of the sun on the poles causing cold water... the two combined causes the stream/flow. The equator is the cause of ALL (not some... ALL) additional heat on those Islands... and there is a ambient temperature increase for every mile closer you travel to the equator and away from the poles. Granted not much per mile. Also the Gulf stream is warmer the closer you get to the Equator.
The Isles of Scilly were once a single island, hence it has a singular name, & only became separate islands as sea level rose gradually over the years. In Roman times, up to 2th/1500 years ago it was still mostly one island. It may have been the island of Tin in ancient times, called the Cassiterides by the Greeks, because metals were famously mined in Cornwall. Yes, the Scillies are popular holiday destinations in Britain, along with the Channel Isles, a bit nearer to France. The climate of the islands is very favourable, it is right in the warm Gulf stream from Mexico across the Atlantic, so all sorts of near tropical plants grow there, & it is mostly warm & sunny, though it does suffer the occasional fierce storm. That is a native British Red Squirrel, sadly in decline since the importation of Greys from America, bringing a deadly disease with them that has decimated the native population. They only survive in such islands, & parts of the north of England & Scotland. Seals are common around the British coasts, not just on Scilly. Each island is a Parish, named for it's local church, & some are a bit larger with more amenities than the smaller isles.
St Marys is the main island and is where the Scillonian ferry, the helicopter and Sky bus come in. There are four other inhabited islands, Tresco, Bryher, St Agnes and St Martins. Boats leave several times a day from St Marys for each of those islands and you get to explore each one. I have been going to Scilly since 1960 and loved every single visit. Even if it rains its beautiful. Sadly for me, due to mobility issues, I'm not able to travel any more, but I have so many wonderful memories and films like this just bring everything back.
@wessexdruid7598 BINGO! I won today's bet. A group of us who like Tyler's channel have a bet going on how fast a nasty Brit (We're by NO means saying ALL are nasty - in fact it's quite surprised us) will make a snarky insult about Tyler and I won today's pot thanks to you! Tyler seems to be a genuinely classy guy. He probably has a genius IQ which is more than you can say I'm sure! Please correct me if this is some sort of UK humor and I will humbly apologize. Until then peace out brother ✌
A genius IQ? What's your evidence for that one? 90 % of what he says is "I never heard of that in my life" even about things he's seen in multiple videos. @@marisaevancoe9837
I concur with many other comments here. I'm English countryside born and bred. I've lived in the countryside all my life and it's common to see little stalls at the side of a rural road around where I live selling fresh laid eggs or fresh picked strawberries or vegetables. There's even one local farm that sells raw milk. There's often just a box where you leave the money for anything you want. Nobody is going to take the money or take things without paying.
My friend and I are going on holiday to the Scillies for the first time soon and will be camping on Bryher. This video has made me even more excited to get there 😊
There's an old tradition that the Scillies were once joined to the mainland by a broad area of farmland, called Lyonesse. They say when the sea is stormy, you can still hear the church bells ringing under the water.
When did you leave? I lived on St Martin's till 1986 when I was 24 as there was nothing there for me to stay and couldn't afford the house prices. £86000 for a small cottage with less than 20 year lease ( 1985 ). I did know Keith and Samantha Low and Cuff Stevens .
@@mikeraphone6745 unfortunately I left as my mother decided to go back to London!!!! not sure how old I was to be honest. I have been back on holiday quite a few years ago before we moved to Ireland as my husband is Irish.
My Nephew-in-laws parents owned a house on St Agnes - three years ago I stayed there for a week with my sister and her family and adored the place. Bought a week's pass for the water-bus and visited many of the islands. Rocky verdant shores with golden beaches, but the rocks and currents can be hazardous to those who don't know the waters - hence all the light houses. The locals are friendly and self-sufficient and amazingly patient with the emmets and grokkles. Many have a strong creative streak and acoustic music and arts and crafts are wonderfully abundant. Amazon does deliver via the Scillonian ( ferry from Cornwall) and the water buses, Very few cars/vans, the few roads are quiet and safe. Food is hearty, tasty, good quality and mostly locally produced, the seafood in particular is superb but you can get standard fare at the supermarket on St Mary's should you care to. Highly recommend a week or two on the islands - am hoping to go back there soon. Longing to revisit St Agnes, St Martins, Bryher, Tresco and the rest. Make sure you book well in advance - holiday accommodation is limited to keep tourist blight to a wonderful minimum.
Hi Tyler! Like you, I had never heard of these islands. It kind of shocked me! I was a nerdy little Canadian kid who loved world geography. When I was 8, my uncle gave me a light-up globe for my birthday, I spent hours and hours pouring over that globe. They're some of my favorite memories. When I was 10, I got a World Atlas for Christmas, and I swear, it was the best present I ever received. I think I can still name the 50 states and their capitals; and that nerdy little Canadian kid is 66 now! I know where the countries are, and their capitals, and their rivers and mountains. Super Nerd! But I shockingly never heard of these islands. Thanks for the great video.
The Scilly Isles airport is located at latitude 49.9 North which puts it at the same latitude as Winnipeg in Canada. US citizens don't appreciate how far North on the planet that the British Isles are located in comparison to the USA
@@ellenritt7667It's all about air and water currents Same reason parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have very warm climates despite being on the same latitude as Canada and Northern parts of the US, or the reason why New York is slightly warmer than the UK and france despite being on a similar latitude.
I knew people who's parents lived on Scilly and they always got a helicopter over, the kids loved it, and seeing their grandparents. Warmer as its down South, hence the colourful plants.
Your ancestors were probably some of the miners that went to Australia when tin mines in Cornwall closed. Cornwall was a very rich County back then because of the mines but when foreign tin became cheaper it put the mines out of business, the miners fled to Australia to mine there and, even to this day, Cornwall is now one of the poorest areas in Europe. Beautiful but poor. Our only income comes from fishing, farming and tourism now.
I live in Cornwall and have visited the IOS several times. Although self governing they are tied to Cornwall Council. A few thousand years ago they farmed between the islands as the sea levels were much lower. It has it’s own microclimate. Worth you investigating more Tyler. 😊
Yes so it's been said but considering the sea is quite deep between lands end and the Isles of Scilly I don't think it would be possible. Between St Martin's and Tresco you can cross on foot at very low tides if you're quick enough. I used to live on St Martin's for 24 years and left in 1986.
Been there, there lovely. They are not pointy ears, they are red squirrels with tufts of fur on their ears. These islands can be treacherous as they get hit by storms, hence the lighthouses. Many a wrecks to be found in their waters. Takes the full brunt of the Atlantic rollers with the prevailing westerly storms.
we have honesty stands in ireland too. Theres a route i take to galway all the time and along the side of the road theyll sell fresh baked goods, juices, smoothies and often times theyll be unmanned and honesty works, also theres honesty cafes in belfast and dublin where everything is free and you have a confidential box where you can pay whatever you want.
Don't forget the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. Due to the vagaries of history, the Netherlands once declared war on the Scilly Isles and technically this war continued for over three hundred years with no casualties on either side. In 1986, the Netherlands signed a peace treaty ending the conflict, though this was more of a publicity stunt and Dutch ambassador got a nice holiday.
They're beautiful islands. Thankfully not too overrun by tourists as they're expensive to get to, and have a lack of affordable accommodation. Many of the visitors are just there for the day, and get there on the daily ferry from Penzance (which at times can be a rough ride!), and spend a few hours there before returning to the mainland on the same ferry. To get there by plane is expensive!
I don’t have a bucket list but if I did, the Isles of Scilly would be on it. It’s very expensive and so it’s one to save up for. I’m hoping we can go in the next 5 years. Honesty boxes are very common in villages and rural areas of UK. We have a box in our village that sells eggs and honey.
I camped on St Agnes for 2 weeks, flew out to St Mary on a Helicopter, then took a boat to St Agnes, which is just half a mile across, 1 pub and a lighthouse, no cars, (well, 1 van) golf carts and 4wd. Very relaxing, very basic, patchy phone service, so no watching tv on it. Lots of walking, boating, fishing and barbecuing. I’d definitely lost weight when I got home!
You should check on the Channel Islands also ,they are beautiful too,they are very near the coast of France and classed as dependancies of the UK ,the only place in the UK invaded by the nazis in WW2,I've visited Guernsey and Herm and they are lovely places and well worth checking out.
The isles of scilly are an amazing place to visit and still fairly unknown in the uk. My family has a long history of visiting the islands over 3 generations. The new years party is absolutely crazy as well every year and i believe it has been ranked as one of the best places for new years in the world! Great reaction!
The island group of Great Britain and Ireland encompasses roundabout 6500 islands, around 190 of them are inhabited by people, most of the others by sea-birds, seals etc. The Scilly isles enjoy the warm waters that come up from the Bay of Biscay and Portugal, whereas the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland are at the end of the Gulf-stream and the east coast of UK has flows coming down into the North Sea from the Arctic. Sadly, too many Brits don't know or realize in what an amazing ecological crossroads they live in.
I love the islands. I go there often and stay on St Agnes, the smallest of the inhabited islands. it's a very special place and a great place to relax.
Harold Wilson, who was UK Prime Minister from 1964-70 and again from 1974-76, famously holidayed in the Scilly Isles every year. His wife was Mary Wilson who was not a member of The Supremes.
Don't you have flying buses in the US? they're all the rage in the UK. On a serious note, I love the Scillies, first went as a child when my Dad was a lighthouse keeper out there. I've subsequently travelled the world, been to Hawaii, Tahiti, various other south pacific islands (My job is sailing and delivering yachts so I get about), Indian oceans islands etc. The Scillies always win for me, probably from my child hood, in good weather they are as good as anywhere, even better when its blowing old boots and the waves are crashing in. They do have a very trust worthy feel, I think the static population is about 2000, spread over the five populated islands, so if some one is a 'wrong un' they get flagged pretty quickly. It's also very expensive to get there and vacation there (think Martha's Vineyard), cheaper to have two weeks in Spain with guaranteed sunny weather than a week on the Scillies. Bestest place in the world.
On the other end, so to speak, there are the Shetland Islands. The most northerly part of the UK. They are considered part of Scotland, but many Islanders consider themselves to be Scandinavian be heritage. It's beautiful there and, like the Scilly Isles, people don't lock their doors - including their cars. That squirrel was a Red Squirrel, the original native squirrel of Britain. There are less and less places to see them now, as they have been pretty much dominated by the invasive grey squirrels.
Perhaps don’t call them the Scilly Isles if you visit. They much prefer. The Isles of Scilly. You are correct about Shetland. Quite a few Norwegian fags flying. They also seem to lean toward Westminster not Edinburgh. The Norwegian Navy often in the Lerwick Harbour. Friendly lot. They showed some of us round one of their gunboats.
My grandparents took me and my brother there in the 90s for a holiday. There was a passenger helicopter that took us over. I remember there only being one policeman for all the islands and he was based on the biggest one, St Mary's. He wasn't very busy. Glad to see it's just as safe now. All good memories. Would love to go back as an adult. Honesty boxes are common in most the UK countryside though.
Too many people call the islands 'the Scilly Isles', so thank you for using the correct name of Isles of Scilly. The islands are so beautiful and full of history. A note about the squirrels: the red squirrel is native to the UK but rendered extinct in much of England by the introduction of the American grey squirrel.
You can go to the Scilly Isles via helicopter from Penzance or alternatively by ferry, though it’s obviously takes longer via the ferry. I go to Cornwall every year on holiday for the past 40 years and I’ve never yet gone there yet, but I’ve always wanted to though.
I think the IOS are more beautiful than The IOW. I have been to the IOW a few times and cycled all over the island and, although it is a beautiful island, it isn't anything like the IOS.
I lived and worked on Tresco in the isles of Scilly for six months it was really interesting place. you had to be careful on nights out if you missed the boat back you had to sleep on the beach. was also fun catching a boat to buy grocery's because the shop on the island was super expensive. As for bikes literally every one on tresco just stole a bike and cos the islands so small if some one nicked your bike you just took someone else's and eventually they all end up back in the same place. there was no mobile or internet cover back then and occasionally when the weather was right you'd get signal at one point and every one would cram on to text there off island friends. Im surprised she didn't mention Cromwell's castle or kink Charles castle as there both amazing sites on treso and the view from the island hotel on Tresco is would class.
There is a collection of islands just off the French coast, divided into the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. They were the territory of the dukes of Normandy, and you may remember William the Conqueror. They are not part of the UK but separate territory as Crown Dependencies. One of the little oddities that makes life interesting.
My mother and her family are from the Isles of Scilly and she still lives there. I lived and worked there for a while too. It certainly is an experience living on a small island. Island life is different from life on mainland UK in many ways and there are positives and negatives to it. The population across all 5 of the inhabited islands is, roughly, 2,500. It's a very tight-knit community; which has both positive and negatives to it. The good part is that almost everyone knows everyone else and there's a real community feel where everyone looks out for everyone else. I usually go over there once a year to visit family and the lovely friends I made while I was living there. It feels a bit like stepping back in time because of the sense of community and a slightly slower pace of life. There's next to no crime on the islands and, as she said, people don't tend to lock things up as they don't feel the need to. However, the fact that almost everyone knows everyone else there can also be a slight negative as well as you certainly don't have any anonymity. I lived on the main island of St Mary's in Hugh Town. There are no large supermarkets, just a Co-op that is about the size of a Tesco Express on the mainland (there is now another food store that has opened more recently). The supplies for these food stores are usually brought over by boat and the shelves can get very empty if bad weather or technical issues prevent the boat from sailing (although, essentials can be flown over). There used to be 2 banks on St Mary's, but they have both closed down now. There are no main roads and only one set of traffic lights, which are where the road crosses the end of the airport runway. The islands are situated 28 miles off Land's End and there are a lot of British people who have never heard of them as I have found out when I tell people where I used to live! You can get there either by ferry, plane or helicopter. All of these options are expensive and getting more expensive as time goes on. I use the ferry and, when I first started going over, it cost around £50 each way, it is now around £80 for a single trip! It's also expensive to stay there. I'm lucky enough to have family and friends to stay with, or I couldn't afford to stay there. Having said that, the islands are beautiful and have been named as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Their main income is from tourism and people go there to enjoy the beautiful scenery, the white sandy beaches (which can be compared to a tropical island) and the plants (some of which can't be grown anywhere else in the UK). The flip side of this, though, is that there are so many holiday homes that local people are struggling to find anywhere to live and sometimes end up leaving the islands. There are only 2 police officers there and they are more like community police as there is very little to almost no crime for them to deal with. As it was pointed out to me when I was living there: You're on an island. If you commit a crime, where are you going to go? I heard a report that someone did steal something from one of the hotels one time. The hotel staff contacted the police who were then there to meet this person as they arrived at the airport for their flight home!! You can get 'cabin fever' after a while, but, as I said, living on a small island is certainly a unique experience and one that I'm glad I got to experience 😊
I am not sure the helicopter still runs to the IOS. I think it was decommissioned so it is just the skybus or the Scillonian now. I live in Cornwall and some of the plants over there are grown on Cornwall mainland too. The climate in Cornwall and the IOS are very similar. The whole of Cornwall is a tight knit community really. The population per square foot of land in Cornwall is small due to the moorlands and mines making many areas uninhabitable. It is the only area of the UK where you need a mine survey when you buy a house if you live in areas such as Redruth and Camborne - you need to know your house isn't going to disappear down a mine shaft. My neighbours don't lock their doors - we all look out for each other here. I live on The Roseland. It is beautiful here, totally unspoiled and we sail our boat off St Just in Roseland in the summer months around St Mawes and down the Carrack Roads. We also have a problem with house prices due to many being holiday homes. It is sad to see so many people unable to get a home while someone else owns two. Both my husband and I are in professional jobs and we struggled on our joint income to afford a property so goodness knows how someone on low income manage. Our friends from the IOS come to the mainland in the winter to avoid the isolation of no boats of flights in bad weather.
Tyler, your best vid, have to say whenever I am ill or down I watch, it make me happy ! LOVE your reactions to it, and AND I have never been I want to ... crazy as I am down south but a five hour drive and an airbus, I wanna go... meet you there dude ?
I love the sound of the waves in the background. A GIG is a type of small boat. We have " honesty boxes" at local farm gates near me in England. They sell fresh eggs or fruits like strawberries from them. You take the eggs and leave the money in a tin or post box. What's a "SQURRL" !? Do you mean SQUIRREL ?( pronounced SQUI RREL) There are very few cars on the island. Locals use farm vehicles to get about. There seals all around the coast of the UK. According to the last census there are only about 2150 people on the islands.
You won’t believe how blue the sea is down Cornwall in places like St Ives, Porthcurno and the Scilly Isles with the glorious, almost white sandy beaches. You’d think you were in the tropics, except the sea’s a lot colder. Nothing a wet suit can’t put right though.
The gig boats used to carry pilots out to ships to bring them into harbour there was a lot of compertition between the pilots to get the job ,the racing reflects the compertition between the diffrent crews, they train in all weathers and the boats have great names
12:02 tbh no, most of us are more likely to travel to the actual tropics or at least the Mediterranean for that. But the summer climate on Scilly is quite nice and the wildlife and countryside does draw people. The presence of the red squirrels alone would attract people. That said, they're a bit of a pain to get to.
To make the tropical nature of The Isles of Scilly even more sureal, the islands are quiet far north compared to many other Islands groups with similar climates and as well as more northernly than most of the USA (all States except Alaska) - about 2,000 miles further north than Hawaii mention in the video being at a similar latitude as Winnipeg in Canada. Their warm climate is down to the North Atlantic Drift and Jet Stream that brings the warm waters and air up from the Caribbean to the UK & Irish shores. The most northern settlement in the UK is Skaw - in the Scottish Shetland Island archipelago - with lattitude that is just a tad shy of that of Anchorage in Alaska.
They were visited by the Phenoecians, along with Cornwall, which the Phonoecians called 'the Tin Islands' - because they bought tin which had been mined in Cornwall and they assumed (probably because of their experience of the Scilly Isles) that Cornwall was a group of islands too.
Another group of interesting UK islands are the Channel Islands which are only 9 miles off the French coast add 80 miles from the English. On one of the islands Sark only tractors horse drawn carriages and bicycles are allowed😊
I used to live on on St Martin's isle's of Scilly . Not many places you can run away if you steal from the honesty box's . I left in 1987 and never returned. Was due to marry a girl there but lack of work and extremely high property prices thanks to the Dutchy so forced to leave . Amazing views and harsh winters with storms coming off the Atlantic. It's slow moving and loved it .
I live in an island city, Portsmouth, barely 50-metres off Great Britain’s south coast, and palm trees are a common garden tree. My Cornish cousin and her husband always holiday on the Scilly Isles - they fly and think they’re overseas! EDIT: Palms and other tropical flora are common on Scotland’s Western Isles too, and they’re as far north as Canada!
Whenever I hear 'The Scilly Isles' I'm reminded of the time ( early 80's ) when CB radio was all the rage...some friends of mine were on holiday in the S.W...so ( of course ) they drove down to lands end...parked, and put out a call...'1-9 for a Scilly breaker'...and got about 5 replies ! :-)
I went to the Isles of Scilly with my parents and siblings in the early seventies. It was an amazing holiday... one I'll never forget. Apart from the journey over on the boat (The Scillonian) in a force eight gale when we had terrible sea sickness! At that time there were no cars allowed on the Islands but it may have changed. We stayed on St Mary's which is the main hub of all the islands. I'm looking to go back now that I'm in my late sixties while I still can.
We have honesty boxes in the area where I live, children grow strawberry's and sell them through an honesty box on their front garden and some sell eggs 😊
There are honesty boxes all over the UK, for eggs, fruit and vegetables, usually in the countryside. There are about 6 within walking distance from my home (peak District national park)
If you know the story of Longitude, and the marine chronometer, then the Scilly isles are very important in the story . In 1707, some ships of a fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell mistook their position and ran into some rocks in the Scilly Isles and were wrecked. Many people were killed, including Sir Cloudsley Shovell. In response, the English Parliament passed an act that promised monetary rewards (which would be worth millions in current money values) to the person who would solve the problem of accurately determining longitude at sea. This led to John Harrison inventing the marine chronometer.
Isles of Scilly is a lovely place I used to go on family holidays each year when dad had time off from his job being a tin miner in Cornwall :) in 1980s
Hi Tyler I have been following for some time and enjoying your videos and learning a lot. I am living in the South Coast of Finland. We have a farms that have small kiosk types of houses which are open from May through September. I love to go shopping meat,eggs,veggies, cakes erc. You write in a small bok what you bought and your name and how you pay. Cash, mobole pay or other option. They are usually open fr8m 8am until 10pm.. we certainky can trust one a other. And our summer guests love this a lot sothey do not have to drive to village or city. And yes we leave our doors unlocked, even my car....i love this way of living since I moved from the capitol city out in tbe middle of nowhere.
A lovely place, but a set of small islands, so can get a little bit crowded in the summer, albeit quite awkward and expensive to reach from the mainland.
Don’t beat yourself up… there are many people in the UK that are unaware of these beautiful isles. I first visited in 1986 but I’ve been lucky enough to visit many times since as my friend moved there 30 years ago. The islands are truly beautiful and each one has its own uniqueness. You cannot see how beautiful it is there from this video… you have to visit, it is very expensive to get there, the cheapest way is on the ferry but it takes 3 hours and can make you extremely sea sick. We have been lucky on most of our journeys to have a good crossing and seen dolphins etc. The flights are far quicker but expensive. Thankfully they have just commissioned the next Scillonian, which, when built will be quicker than the current Scillonian. Also as the lady in the video said, transport can be cancelled at short notice almost always due to weather and there is no commercial transport at all on Sundays (unless there are extremely unusual circumstances). The people are lovely and friendly and tourism is the main ‘industry’ but the islands are never full of people, I think there is only accommodation for a few thousand people on the islands combined at any time. They do have food/freight deliveries but these are only a couple of times a week and are also cancelled quite often, so the little CO-OP on St Mary’s can have empty shelves! We usually do a Tesco delivery order which we book to get there just before we do but it can be delayed for several days. You also have to remember that if the freight boats are cancelled then no one gets deliveries for days … shops, pubs, cafes etc! The beaches are so beautiful, the white sand glistens like nowhere else I’ve been to. It’s a wonderful place to live but very isolated in winter. It is an amazing place to visit, well worth the trip over just remember to be organised, expect changes to your plans and embrace small island life! 👍❤️
A shame the Scillonian III is earmarked for replacement. I love the crossing, which always seems like an extension of the holiday rather than just a means of getting there and back. Seeing the Cornish coastline passing by, and often dolphins leaping out of the water close by is magical and in heavy seas it's like getting a free fairground ride thrown in (albeit accompanied by the heady aroma of vomit). The Scillonian IV lacks aesthetic appeal and charm and looks like it will be a much blander experience. Improved reliability can only be a good thing though.
If you ever make it to the UK I would suggest you visit the South West, it's a 4 to 5 hour train journey from London. You could easily spend a couple of weeks here and see stunning countryside and beaches coupled with rich history. Take a flight or the ferry across to Scilly for a week, I'd suggest you base yourself on St Marys (the main island) and take boat trips out to the other islands. There is not a lot of accomodation so it's advisable to book before you go. not many hotels so bed and breakfast is the best option. Many locals let a room or two for BB accomodation and theres always a good breakfast thrown in to
Technically the Scilly Isles are far enough south as to be on the cusp of where the English Channel becomes the Alantic Ocean , that is Renound for It's number of Shipwrecks that are loved by the Scuba Diving Comunities !!
Many places near where my parents live in Devon, there are car parks which switched from a "pay and display" ticket system to an "honesty box"... and their revenue actually went up!
I suggest you go to your usual search engine, type in UK and then maps. Then look at the UK coastline and zoom in to about five miles to the inch for starters, maybe ten miles when you get to the very north-east of Scotland? Following the coast you should get to see the majority of our coast and islands. Don't forget to go down to the Normandy coast of France too, as you will also see the Channel Islands as well, which are British Crown Dependencies..
I live in Italy and when I go to our house in the country for the summer, there is a stall that sells vegetables and fruit on the side of the road. No-one there, just a list of prices and an honesty box.
Yes in the English country side near me in East Yorkshire we have honesty boxes, selling usually fruit veg or eggs, my husband has bought a lot of turf from an honesty box on a farm, you just box the money through the letter box. It was common in cities for newspapers but not anymore. Everywhere in the UK had beautiful red squirrels until American grey squirrels were imported here and wiped out our red squirrels, a couple of areas have the red squirrels.
In tourist season there is also a bus driven by an eccentric but affable Scillonian. I've heard St Mary's described as 2,000 alcoholics clinging to a rock. Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson had a holiday home built there. A few decades ago it was recommended to me as the best place to take a UK driving test as the roads were so simple (but narrow) and there was so little traffic. The Scilly Isles police Facebook page used to be hilarious but I've not seen it for a couple of years. Due to its geography it does have a unique and relatively warm climate and is hugely popular with bird watchers. It isn't a convenient or cheap place to get to.
I live in Cornwall and have friends that live on the IOS. They come over to the mainland during the winter as the boat or the airbus are often cancelled due to weather conditions meaning the Islands become isolated. They are part of Cornwall and share the hospital and other infrastructure with Cornwall. So if the locals there get sick they get airlifted to the mainland - this can be difficult if weather conditions are bad. However in the summer it is idyllic. The boat to the Isles of Scilly is not a comfortable ride. It is a flat bottomed boat so rolls over the waves. It is usually full of vomiting tourists who are not prepared. However in the summer the boat goes 2 or 3 times a day so amazon can deliver there. In the winter the boat is a lot less though. Same goes for the airbus. Gig racing is a Cornish thing youngsters enjoy doing. Kids from Cornwall go camping with the schools on the IOS. Both my two went there and came back looking tanned. It is a bit of an escape haven for Cornish people in the summer to escape the thousands of tourists we get every summer.
We have honesty boxes on the "mainland", usually selling things like eggs or potatoes. Also most of the historical things you see on the islands you will see in the rest of the UK, the ancient people were inter-connected. The Isles have a small Channel Island feel. I think your "they're like your version of Hawaii" is about right.
I’ve heard of honesty boxes in the United States in rural areas. Here in the UK and honesty boxes just left on a little table outside somebody’s driveway in the countryside and you can help yourself to their produce. It might be strawberries, vegetables flowers honey et cetera. And you just put the money in the box.
The Scilly Isles are part of Cornwall. You see tropical plants and trees like this all over Cornwall. In the winter Frosts are uncommon and Snow is very rare. This is because the Golf Stream hits the island's and south coast directly (and Southern Ireland as well) giving a consistent flow of warm moist air and water. But of course as Cornwall and the Islands stick out into the Atlantic they get their fair share of storms.
We have red squirrels and grey squirrels one on the video is red. I live in uk and yes ive heard about silly island but i personally havent been. Love fudge and fish and chips and love crab 😋. Love a Beach
That was a red squirrel shown. It's the native squirrel to the UK. Unfortunately they are becoming rarer due to the grey squirrels that was introduced into the UK from the USA in the 19th century.
The Isles of Scilly are part of the Duchy of Cornwall. So land belonging to Charles or now William, as Duke of Cornwall. The Royal Family would stay at Tamarisk House on Tresco, hidden away in a quarter acre of garden surrounded by Tamarisk trees. Harold Wilson, a past Prime Minister is buried there in a family plot. The sunlight on the Scillies is so bright & clear because there is little to no light pollution, & you can see the stars clearly at night. Which is why so many artists love it there. The seas surrounding the island are beautiful turquoise in the summer & the beaches pure golden like you’d see on a Caribbean island and not busy. Because of the warming Gulf Stream the climate is mild & hence why they can grow tropical plants, although it does get windy. They are famous for the flowers grown there, particularly the beautiful sweet smelling narcissi that people buy via post/online from all over. If you sit outside at one of the cafes, you’ll find the sparrows very friendly & they will come right up to you, eating from your hand. Gig rowing is a big thing in Cornwall and the Scillies, with much competition between teams. There’s one big annual race whereby teams from the mainland compete with island teams, & between themselves. The one way that is cheapest but also the roughest way to get to the Scillies, is via The Scillonian ferry because it’s known for making people very seasick. If the tide is going against you, there's a lot of swell ... the boat has to be shallow draught in order to cope with the docks so in a swell the boat wallows a lot. Best way is via helicopter, the views are marvellous & it’s much quicker, or by the small plane. Better still on your own sailboat. It’s a great place to go to, the food is great, the people friendly & the scenery stunning. Even us Cornish locals love going there for a holiday break. (By the way, we have honesty boxes all over the countryside in Cornwall too, most of rural uk does).
UK has a lot of small islands but Isles of Scilly is definitely the most tropical. The problem with the islands is getting there as the only airport that has flights are from Lands End right at the bottom corner of Cornwall. It only has a few seats so you have to book well is advance otherwise if just turn up more than likely it will be full.
I got stranded on the Scilly Isles in 2023. The Skybus couldn't take off due to high winds. I think that the Scilly Isles are the only place on Earth where it's a pleasure to be stranded there.
red squirrels are native to the UK - grey squirrels were introduced - they only appear on islands and remote places as the greys out compete them - you find them on the isle of wight etc
It’s very common to see honesty stalls in UK countryside.
Yeah, there's a fella up the road who sells eggs on the canal tow path while his chickens shout at you from the other side of the wall.
I use to deliver all round the southwest and relied on these honesty boxes in the country as shops are sparse.
I live in Derbyshire and the local farm just leaves the eggs out with a money box at the end of the lane. Nobody ever steals anything.
Honesty Boxes are very popular on our Long Distance Hiking Trails, in smaller villages to small remote Farms.
They are also common in rural parts of Western Europe, in particular France, Portugal and Spain.
Don't forget... the Entire UK is just a group of islands... EVERYONE in the UK is a Islander. The furthest distance from the ocean in the UK is just under 70 Miles.
These isle (Scilly) due to their location are very warm when compared to the mainland, they are closer to the equator and get warm air coming in from the SW. I have never been, but would love to visit there.
Those pointy Eared Squirrels are Native British Red squirrels (Also European). However American Grey squirrels have made them pretty much extinct in the south of UK (Grey's are bigger and territorial... they are also classed as invasive vermin). North UK and the smaller islands are the only place Red's exist now. When i was a kid, Reds were common in London... in just a couple of decades, Grey's wiped them out.
That’s sad 😢
I remember the reds disappearing in less than a decade - the 60s.
It's nothing to do with being closer to the equator by something like 5 miles! It's to do with the fact that the local climate is more affected by the sea temperature because they're small islands and the gulf stream brings in warmer water.
@@wessexdruid7598 They had hold outs for a while. I was hand feeding them in the early 90's, But Greys were also about.
Not seen a red since then.
@@stumccabe I kept it simple. Yes the gulf stream warms the water... but the air/wind is what keeps the land and weather warmer. The Gulf stream warms the air/wind... and the equator is what creates the warm water in the gulf stream.
The Gulf stream itself is caused by the sun warming the ocean and land on the equator and the lack of the sun on the poles causing cold water... the two combined causes the stream/flow.
The equator is the cause of ALL (not some... ALL) additional heat on those Islands... and there is a ambient temperature increase for every mile closer you travel to the equator and away from the poles. Granted not much per mile. Also the Gulf stream is warmer the closer you get to the Equator.
Wait till he sees Jersey or Guernsey near France, or Ascension Island etc!!!
The Isles of Scilly were once a single island, hence it has a singular name, & only became separate islands as sea level rose gradually over the years. In Roman times, up to 2th/1500 years ago it was still mostly one island. It may have been the island of Tin in ancient times, called the Cassiterides by the Greeks, because metals were famously mined in Cornwall.
Yes, the Scillies are popular holiday destinations in Britain, along with the Channel Isles, a bit nearer to France. The climate of the islands is very favourable, it is right in the warm Gulf stream from Mexico across the Atlantic, so all sorts of near tropical plants grow there, & it is mostly warm & sunny, though it does suffer the occasional fierce storm. That is a native British Red Squirrel, sadly in decline since the importation of Greys from America, bringing a deadly disease with them that has decimated the native population. They only survive in such islands, & parts of the north of England & Scotland. Seals are common around the British coasts, not just on Scilly. Each island is a Parish, named for it's local church, & some are a bit larger with more amenities than the smaller isles.
The islands may be bathed in the subtropical Gulf Stream but can also be in the path of a deep Azores low bringing hurricane strength winds.
Someone I know took a cruise and one brief visit was an Isle of Scilly.
St Marys is the main island and is where the Scillonian ferry, the helicopter and Sky bus come in. There are four other inhabited islands, Tresco, Bryher, St Agnes and St Martins. Boats leave several times a day from St Marys for each of those islands and you get to explore each one.
I have been going to Scilly since 1960 and loved every single visit. Even if it rains its beautiful.
Sadly for me, due to mobility issues, I'm not able to travel any more, but I have so many wonderful memories and films like this just bring everything back.
Tyler's questions are rhetorical... He doesn't read the comments.
If this surprised you, the fact that Scotland has 790 Islands off its Coastline will probably blow your mind 😂
Sadly, Tyler will never learn this.
@wessexdruid7598 BINGO! I won today's bet. A group of us who like Tyler's channel have a bet going on how fast a nasty Brit (We're by NO means saying ALL are nasty - in fact it's quite surprised us) will make a snarky insult about Tyler and I won today's pot thanks to you! Tyler seems to be a genuinely classy guy. He probably has a genius IQ which is more than you can say I'm sure! Please correct me if this is some sort of UK humor and I will humbly apologize. Until then peace out brother ✌
A genius IQ? What's your evidence for that one? 90 % of what he says is "I never heard of that in my life" even about things he's seen in multiple videos. @@marisaevancoe9837
Can't wait until he's totally mind blown when he learns we boil water in kettles. Again
@@marisaevancoe9837 you lost the high ground when you threw your own insults
I concur with many other comments here.
I'm English countryside born and bred. I've lived in the countryside all my life and it's common to see little stalls at the side of a rural road around where I live selling fresh laid eggs or fresh picked strawberries or vegetables. There's even one local farm that sells raw milk.
There's often just a box where you leave the money for anything you want.
Nobody is going to take the money or take things without paying.
My friend and I are going on holiday to the Scillies for the first time soon and will be camping on Bryher. This video has made me even more excited to get there 😊
We have honesty boxes where I live... fruit.. vegetables.. plant's.. eggs...
There's an old tradition that the Scillies were once joined to the mainland by a broad area of farmland, called Lyonesse. They say when the sea is stormy, you can still hear the church bells ringing under the water.
I have heard that story. Never heard the Church bells though.
Yes that's correct. On a stormy day if you listen you can hear the church bells under the ocean. I never heard it as I'm completely deaf .
I lived on st Mary's when I was only 5 years old.
The happiest time of my life no control and could roam all over island without fear .
When did you leave? I lived on St Martin's till 1986 when I was 24 as there was nothing there for me to stay and couldn't afford the house prices. £86000 for a small cottage with less than 20 year lease ( 1985 ). I did know Keith and Samantha Low and Cuff Stevens .
@@mikeraphone6745 unfortunately I left as my mother decided to go back to London!!!! not sure how old I was to be honest.
I have been back on holiday quite a few years ago before we moved to Ireland
as my husband is Irish.
My Nephew-in-laws parents owned a house on St Agnes - three years ago I stayed there for a week with my sister and her family and adored the place. Bought a week's pass for the water-bus and visited many of the islands. Rocky verdant shores with golden beaches, but the rocks and currents can be hazardous to those who don't know the waters - hence all the light houses. The locals are friendly and self-sufficient and amazingly patient with the emmets and grokkles. Many have a strong creative streak and acoustic music and arts and crafts are wonderfully abundant. Amazon does deliver via the Scillonian ( ferry from Cornwall) and the water buses, Very few cars/vans, the few roads are quiet and safe. Food is hearty, tasty, good quality and mostly locally produced, the seafood in particular is superb but you can get standard fare at the supermarket on St Mary's should you care to. Highly recommend a week or two on the islands - am hoping to go back there soon. Longing to revisit St Agnes, St Martins, Bryher, Tresco and the rest. Make sure you book well in advance - holiday accommodation is limited to keep tourist blight to a wonderful minimum.
I wonder if Tyler knows about American islands off the coasts of various states, let alone American island territories hither and yon.
(I doubt it.)
Never leaves his bubble.
That was my thinking, too. Nantucket? Hatteras? Hilton Head? St George? Mustang? San Clemente? San Juan? Unalaska? Tortugas? Wait... what?
Of course he doesn't! Born yesterday, he seems
Thick as two short planks, still what do you expect.
Hi Tyler! Like you, I had never heard of these islands. It kind of shocked me! I was a nerdy little Canadian kid who loved world geography. When I was 8, my uncle gave me a light-up globe for my birthday, I spent hours and hours pouring over that globe. They're some of my favorite memories. When I was 10, I got a World Atlas for Christmas, and I swear, it was the best present I ever received. I think I can still name the 50 states and their capitals; and that nerdy little Canadian kid is 66 now! I know where the countries are, and their capitals, and their rivers and mountains. Super Nerd! But I shockingly never heard of these islands. Thanks for the great video.
love this comment!!
The red squirrels that you saw, native to the UK have almost been displaced on mainland Britain by the grey squirrels ( originally from America )
And we hate them. The grey squirrels are a pest. The reds are protected.
The Scilly Isles airport is located at latitude 49.9 North which puts it at the same latitude as Winnipeg in Canada. US citizens don't appreciate how far North on the planet that the British Isles are located in comparison to the USA
I thought it had a subtropical climate? At that latitude?
@@ellenritt7667 Mild Climate due to the Gulf stream
@@ellenritt7667It's all about air and water currents
Same reason parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have very warm climates despite being on the same latitude as Canada and Northern parts of the US, or the reason why New York is slightly warmer than the UK and france despite being on a similar latitude.
@@Professionalfailure No New York is the same latitude as Barcelona, Barcelona is much warmer on average.
I'm from Gloucestershire and you see honesty boxes all the time. Usually it fresh eggs.
I knew people who's parents lived on Scilly and they always got a helicopter over, the kids loved it, and seeing their grandparents. Warmer as its down South, hence the colourful plants.
I think it's the Gulf Stream that enables the sub tropical plants
I'm Australian but my DNA ancestry test came up with Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. Would love to visit. ❤
As a Norwegian,I feel like you Cheet on me now.❤
Your ancestors were probably some of the miners that went to Australia when tin mines in Cornwall closed. Cornwall was a very rich County back then because of the mines but when foreign tin became cheaper it put the mines out of business, the miners fled to Australia to mine there and, even to this day, Cornwall is now one of the poorest areas in Europe. Beautiful but poor. Our only income comes from fishing, farming and tourism now.
I live in Cornwall and have visited the IOS several times. Although self governing they are tied to Cornwall Council. A few thousand years ago they farmed between the islands as the sea levels were much lower. It has it’s own microclimate. Worth you investigating more Tyler. 😊
Yes so it's been said but considering the sea is quite deep between lands end and the Isles of Scilly I don't think it would be possible. Between St Martin's and Tresco you can cross on foot at very low tides if you're quick enough. I used to live on St Martin's for 24 years and left in 1986.
@@mikeraphone6745 I meant between the islands in the IOS. I saw a programme that mapped the field system between St. Martin and Tresco. 😊
Been there, there lovely. They are not pointy ears, they are red squirrels with tufts of fur on their ears. These islands can be treacherous as they get hit by storms, hence the lighthouses. Many a wrecks to be found in their waters. Takes the full brunt of the Atlantic rollers with the prevailing westerly storms.
we have honesty stands in ireland too. Theres a route i take to galway all the time and along the side of the road theyll sell fresh baked goods, juices, smoothies and often times theyll be unmanned and honesty works, also theres honesty cafes in belfast and dublin where everything is free and you have a confidential box where you can pay whatever you want.
Don't forget the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
Due to the vagaries of history, the Netherlands once declared war on the Scilly Isles and technically this war continued for over three hundred years with no casualties on either side. In 1986, the Netherlands signed a peace treaty ending the conflict, though this was more of a publicity stunt and Dutch ambassador got a nice holiday.
Damn, beaten to it 😝 Probably also worth pointing out though that this is the longest "war" in human history.
They're beautiful islands. Thankfully not too overrun by tourists as they're expensive to get to, and have a lack of affordable accommodation. Many of the visitors are just there for the day, and get there on the daily ferry from Penzance (which at times can be a rough ride!), and spend a few hours there before returning to the mainland on the same ferry. To get there by plane is expensive!
I don’t have a bucket list but if I did, the Isles of Scilly would be on it. It’s very expensive and so it’s one to save up for. I’m hoping we can go in the next 5 years.
Honesty boxes are very common in villages and rural areas of UK. We have a box in our village that sells eggs and honey.
There are such honesty stalls in the Swiss countryside too.
I camped on St Agnes for 2 weeks, flew out to St Mary on a Helicopter, then took a boat to St Agnes, which is just half a mile across, 1 pub and a lighthouse, no cars, (well, 1 van) golf carts and 4wd. Very relaxing, very basic, patchy phone service, so no watching tv on it. Lots of walking, boating, fishing and barbecuing. I’d definitely lost weight when I got home!
You should check on the Channel Islands also ,they are beautiful too,they are very near the coast of France and classed as dependancies of the UK ,the only place in the UK invaded by the nazis in WW2,I've visited Guernsey and Herm and they are lovely places and well worth checking out.
The isles of scilly are an amazing place to visit and still fairly unknown in the uk. My family has a long history of visiting the islands over 3 generations. The new years party is absolutely crazy as well every year and i believe it has been ranked as one of the best places for new years in the world! Great reaction!
The island group of Great Britain and Ireland encompasses roundabout 6500 islands, around 190 of them are inhabited by people, most of the others by sea-birds, seals etc. The Scilly isles enjoy the warm waters that come up from the Bay of Biscay and Portugal, whereas the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland are at the end of the Gulf-stream and the east coast of UK has flows coming down into the North Sea from the Arctic. Sadly, too many Brits don't know or realize in what an amazing ecological crossroads they live in.
I love the islands. I go there often and stay on St Agnes, the smallest of the inhabited islands. it's a very special place and a great place to relax.
Absolutely beautiful. Reminds me of the US island of St. Thomas where I once lived. I now hope to get to Scilly one day. Thanks, Tyler. Peace
Uk have islands all over the world!!
The Mediterranean.
The Caribbean.
The North Atlantic Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean
The south Atlantic.
don't forget the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean.
Harold Wilson, who was UK Prime Minister from 1964-70 and again from 1974-76, famously holidayed in the Scilly Isles every year. His wife was Mary Wilson who was not a member of The Supremes.
My mum and her partner were on a short holiday in the Isles of Scilly back in the late 80s, and Harold Wilson walked into their hotel bar for a drink!
@@andybaker2456Harold Wilson had his bungalow built in St Mary's. He had the Union Flag flying on a pole in his garden when he was in residence 😅.
Don't you have flying buses in the US? they're all the rage in the UK. On a serious note, I love the Scillies, first went as a child when my Dad was a lighthouse keeper out there. I've subsequently travelled the world, been to Hawaii, Tahiti, various other south pacific islands (My job is sailing and delivering yachts so I get about), Indian oceans islands etc. The Scillies always win for me, probably from my child hood, in good weather they are as good as anywhere, even better when its blowing old boots and the waves are crashing in. They do have a very trust worthy feel, I think the static population is about 2000, spread over the five populated islands, so if some one is a 'wrong un' they get flagged pretty quickly. It's also very expensive to get there and vacation there (think Martha's Vineyard), cheaper to have two weeks in Spain with guaranteed sunny weather than a week on the Scillies. Bestest place in the world.
On the other end, so to speak, there are the Shetland Islands. The most northerly part of the UK. They are considered part of Scotland, but many Islanders consider themselves to be Scandinavian be heritage. It's beautiful there and, like the Scilly Isles, people don't lock their doors - including their cars. That squirrel was a Red Squirrel, the original native squirrel of Britain. There are less and less places to see them now, as they have been pretty much dominated by the invasive grey squirrels.
I live in the far north, so I am an island lover (Orkney and Shetland). I must go to the Scilly Isles one day.
Perhaps don’t call them the Scilly Isles if you visit. They much prefer. The Isles of Scilly.
You are correct about Shetland. Quite a few Norwegian fags flying. They also seem to lean toward Westminster not Edinburgh. The Norwegian Navy often in the Lerwick Harbour. Friendly lot. They showed some of us round one of their gunboats.
Red Squirrels are still found on the Isle of Wight, coastal Lancashire/Merseyside, Brownsea Island and parts of Scotland.
My grandparents took me and my brother there in the 90s for a holiday. There was a passenger helicopter that took us over. I remember there only being one policeman for all the islands and he was based on the biggest one, St Mary's. He wasn't very busy. Glad to see it's just as safe now. All good memories. Would love to go back as an adult. Honesty boxes are common in most the UK countryside though.
Too many people call the islands 'the Scilly Isles', so thank you for using the correct name of Isles of Scilly.
The islands are so beautiful and full of history.
A note about the squirrels: the red squirrel is native to the UK but rendered extinct in much of England by the introduction of the American grey squirrel.
You can go to the Scilly Isles via helicopter from Penzance or alternatively by ferry, though it’s obviously takes longer via the ferry. I go to Cornwall every year on holiday for the past 40 years and I’ve never yet gone there yet, but I’ve always wanted to though.
The Isle of Wight off the south coast ok is great also 🤷♀️
I think the IOS are more beautiful than The IOW. I have been to the IOW a few times and cycled all over the island and, although it is a beautiful island, it isn't anything like the IOS.
The isle of wight will blow his mind 😂😂
Especially when he sees the hovercraft.
I lived and worked on Tresco in the isles of Scilly for six months it was really interesting place. you had to be careful on nights out if you missed the boat back you had to sleep on the beach. was also fun catching a boat to buy grocery's because the shop on the island was super expensive. As for bikes literally every one on tresco just stole a bike and cos the islands so small if some one nicked your bike you just took someone else's and eventually they all end up back in the same place. there was no mobile or internet cover back then and occasionally when the weather was right you'd get signal at one point and every one would cram on to text there off island friends. Im surprised she didn't mention Cromwell's castle or kink Charles castle as there both amazing sites on treso and the view from the island hotel on Tresco is would class.
Also the Isles of Scilly was the epicenter of the old-school ('fun' kind of) pirates, and also was a hub for the pirates around the world.
There is a collection of islands just off the French coast, divided into the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. They were the territory of the dukes of Normandy, and you may remember William the Conqueror. They are not part of the UK but separate territory as Crown Dependencies. One of the little oddities that makes life interesting.
I’ve been there. We took a helicopter from Lands End in Cornwall. It’s beautiful, especially the gardens there.
My mother and her family are from the Isles of Scilly and she still lives there. I lived and worked there for a while too. It certainly is an experience living on a small island. Island life is different from life on mainland UK in many ways and there are positives and negatives to it.
The population across all 5 of the inhabited islands is, roughly, 2,500. It's a very tight-knit community; which has both positive and negatives to it. The good part is that almost everyone knows everyone else and there's a real community feel where everyone looks out for everyone else. I usually go over there once a year to visit family and the lovely friends I made while I was living there. It feels a bit like stepping back in time because of the sense of community and a slightly slower pace of life. There's next to no crime on the islands and, as she said, people don't tend to lock things up as they don't feel the need to. However, the fact that almost everyone knows everyone else there can also be a slight negative as well as you certainly don't have any anonymity.
I lived on the main island of St Mary's in Hugh Town. There are no large supermarkets, just a Co-op that is about the size of a Tesco Express on the mainland (there is now another food store that has opened more recently). The supplies for these food stores are usually brought over by boat and the shelves can get very empty if bad weather or technical issues prevent the boat from sailing (although, essentials can be flown over). There used to be 2 banks on St Mary's, but they have both closed down now. There are no main roads and only one set of traffic lights, which are where the road crosses the end of the airport runway.
The islands are situated 28 miles off Land's End and there are a lot of British people who have never heard of them as I have found out when I tell people where I used to live! You can get there either by ferry, plane or helicopter. All of these options are expensive and getting more expensive as time goes on. I use the ferry and, when I first started going over, it cost around £50 each way, it is now around £80 for a single trip! It's also expensive to stay there. I'm lucky enough to have family and friends to stay with, or I couldn't afford to stay there. Having said that, the islands are beautiful and have been named as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Their main income is from tourism and people go there to enjoy the beautiful scenery, the white sandy beaches (which can be compared to a tropical island) and the plants (some of which can't be grown anywhere else in the UK). The flip side of this, though, is that there are so many holiday homes that local people are struggling to find anywhere to live and sometimes end up leaving the islands.
There are only 2 police officers there and they are more like community police as there is very little to almost no crime for them to deal with. As it was pointed out to me when I was living there: You're on an island. If you commit a crime, where are you going to go? I heard a report that someone did steal something from one of the hotels one time. The hotel staff contacted the police who were then there to meet this person as they arrived at the airport for their flight home!!
You can get 'cabin fever' after a while, but, as I said, living on a small island is certainly a unique experience and one that I'm glad I got to experience 😊
I am not sure the helicopter still runs to the IOS. I think it was decommissioned so it is just the skybus or the Scillonian now. I live in Cornwall and some of the plants over there are grown on Cornwall mainland too. The climate in Cornwall and the IOS are very similar. The whole of Cornwall is a tight knit community really. The population per square foot of land in Cornwall is small due to the moorlands and mines making many areas uninhabitable. It is the only area of the UK where you need a mine survey when you buy a house if you live in areas such as Redruth and Camborne - you need to know your house isn't going to disappear down a mine shaft. My neighbours don't lock their doors - we all look out for each other here. I live on The Roseland. It is beautiful here, totally unspoiled and we sail our boat off St Just in Roseland in the summer months around St Mawes and down the Carrack Roads. We also have a problem with house prices due to many being holiday homes. It is sad to see so many people unable to get a home while someone else owns two. Both my husband and I are in professional jobs and we struggled on our joint income to afford a property so goodness knows how someone on low income manage. Our friends from the IOS come to the mainland in the winter to avoid the isolation of no boats of flights in bad weather.
Tyler, your best vid, have to say whenever I am ill or down I watch, it make me happy ! LOVE your reactions to it, and AND I have never been I want to ... crazy as I am down south but a five hour drive and an airbus, I wanna go... meet you there dude ?
I love the sound of the waves in the background.
A GIG is a type of small boat.
We have " honesty boxes" at local farm gates near me in England. They sell fresh eggs or fruits like strawberries from them. You take the eggs and leave the money in a tin or post box.
What's a "SQURRL" !? Do you mean SQUIRREL ?( pronounced SQUI RREL)
There are very few cars on the island. Locals use farm vehicles to get about.
There seals all around the coast of the UK.
According to the last census there are only about 2150 people on the islands.
You won’t believe how blue the sea is down Cornwall in places like St Ives, Porthcurno and the Scilly Isles with the glorious, almost white sandy beaches. You’d think you were in the tropics, except the sea’s a lot colder. Nothing a wet suit can’t put right though.
Similar to parts of Scotland, especially the Outer Hebrides. My favourite is Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris
The gig boats used to carry pilots out to ships to bring them into harbour there was a lot of compertition between the pilots to get the job ,the racing reflects the compertition between the diffrent crews, they train in all weathers and the boats have great names
12:02 tbh no, most of us are more likely to travel to the actual tropics or at least the Mediterranean for that. But the summer climate on Scilly is quite nice and the wildlife and countryside does draw people. The presence of the red squirrels alone would attract people. That said, they're a bit of a pain to get to.
To make the tropical nature of The Isles of Scilly even more sureal, the islands are quiet far north compared to many other Islands groups with similar climates and as well as more northernly than most of the USA (all States except Alaska) - about 2,000 miles further north than Hawaii mention in the video being at a similar latitude as Winnipeg in Canada. Their warm climate is down to the North Atlantic Drift and Jet Stream that brings the warm waters and air up from the Caribbean to the UK & Irish shores. The most northern settlement in the UK is Skaw - in the Scottish Shetland Island archipelago - with lattitude that is just a tad shy of that of Anchorage in Alaska.
They were visited by the Phenoecians, along with Cornwall, which the Phonoecians called 'the Tin Islands' - because they bought tin which had been mined in Cornwall and they assumed (probably because of their experience of the Scilly Isles) that Cornwall was a group of islands too.
Yes we go on holidays to the Isles of Scilly. It's a gorgeous area. The sand is white & sea very blue out there.
Another group of interesting UK islands are the Channel Islands which are only 9 miles off the French coast add 80 miles from the English. On one of the islands Sark only tractors horse drawn carriages and bicycles are allowed😊
They are not uk islands
@@lucylane7397 Yes I know they belong to the British crown but it was just a generalisation
I used to live on on St Martin's isle's of Scilly . Not many places you can run away if you steal from the honesty box's . I left in 1987 and never returned. Was due to marry a girl there but lack of work and extremely high property prices thanks to the Dutchy so forced to leave . Amazing views and harsh winters with storms coming off the Atlantic. It's slow moving and loved it .
I live in an island city, Portsmouth, barely 50-metres off Great Britain’s south coast, and palm trees are a common garden tree. My Cornish cousin and her husband always holiday on the Scilly Isles - they fly and think they’re overseas!
EDIT: Palms and other tropical flora are common on Scotland’s Western Isles too, and they’re as far north as Canada!
@jlc7841 I'm just down the coast a bit in Bournemouth and have palm trees in the garden. ✌ 🌴
We have palm trees in Essex too.
It's very sunny, hence the orange women 😂😂
Whenever I hear 'The Scilly Isles' I'm reminded of the time ( early 80's ) when CB radio was all the rage...some friends of mine were on holiday in the S.W...so ( of course ) they drove down to lands end...parked, and put out a call...'1-9 for a Scilly breaker'...and got about 5 replies ! :-)
I went to the Isles of Scilly with my parents and siblings in the early seventies. It was an amazing holiday... one I'll never forget. Apart from the journey over on the boat (The Scillonian) in a force eight gale when we had terrible sea sickness! At that time there were no cars allowed on the Islands but it may have changed. We stayed on St Mary's which is the main hub of all the islands. I'm looking to go back now that I'm in my late sixties while I still can.
We have honesty boxes in the area where I live, children grow strawberry's and sell them through an honesty box on their front garden and some sell eggs 😊
Isles of Scilly been here 3 times bloody beautiful
"This is news to me!"
What a surprise.
Lol
Nice joke - but it's wasted because Tyler never reads the comments! Ever!
Never heard of anything 😂
@@101steel4 There's a difference between hearing and listening.
That really is Tyler's 'catchphrase'... LOL ! AND everything IS a surprise to him... even things he learnt about only a few weeks before. 😂😂😂
I visited the Isles of Scily a couple of days ago.. What a fabulous place.
Lovely place for a holiday. Was there twenty odd years ago. The red squirrels are a recent introduction.
There are honesty boxes all over the UK, for eggs, fruit and vegetables, usually in the countryside. There are about 6 within walking distance from my home (peak District national park)
Before I was reading the title my German-native ears always heard you talking about the "Isles of Silly". Yes, without the 'c'. 😂
If you know the story of Longitude, and the marine chronometer, then the Scilly isles are very important in the story . In 1707, some ships of a fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell mistook their position and ran into some rocks in the Scilly Isles and were wrecked. Many people were killed, including Sir Cloudsley Shovell.
In response, the English Parliament passed an act that promised monetary rewards (which would be worth millions in current money values) to the person who would solve the problem of accurately determining longitude at sea. This led to John Harrison inventing the marine chronometer.
Wait until he sees the Numpty Isles, foolish Isles and just for him the daft Twatt Isles.
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Isles of Scilly is a lovely place I used to go on family holidays each year when dad had time off from his job being a tin miner in Cornwall :) in 1980s
Hi Tyler I have been following for some time and enjoying your videos and learning a lot. I am living in the South Coast of Finland. We have a farms that have small kiosk types of houses which are open from May through September. I love to go shopping meat,eggs,veggies, cakes erc. You write in a small bok what you bought and your name and how you pay. Cash, mobole pay or other option. They are usually open fr8m 8am until 10pm.. we certainky can trust one a other. And our summer guests love this a lot sothey do not have to drive to village or city.
And yes we leave our doors unlocked, even my car....i love this way of living since I moved from the capitol city out in tbe middle of nowhere.
A lovely place, but a set of small islands, so can get a little bit crowded in the summer, albeit quite awkward and expensive to reach from the mainland.
Don’t beat yourself up… there are many people in the UK that are unaware of these beautiful isles. I first visited in 1986 but I’ve been lucky enough to visit many times since as my friend moved there 30 years ago. The islands are truly beautiful and each one has its own uniqueness. You cannot see how beautiful it is there from this video… you have to visit, it is very expensive to get there, the cheapest way is on the ferry but it takes 3 hours and can make you extremely sea sick. We have been lucky on most of our journeys to have a good crossing and seen dolphins etc. The flights are far quicker but expensive. Thankfully they have just commissioned the next Scillonian, which, when built will be quicker than the current Scillonian. Also as the lady in the video said, transport can be cancelled at short notice almost always due to weather and there is no commercial transport at all on Sundays (unless there are extremely unusual circumstances). The people are lovely and friendly and tourism is the main ‘industry’ but the islands are never full of people, I think there is only accommodation for a few thousand people on the islands combined at any time. They do have food/freight deliveries but these are only a couple of times a week and are also cancelled quite often, so the little CO-OP on St Mary’s can have empty shelves! We usually do a Tesco delivery order which we book to get there just before we do but it can be delayed for several days. You also have to remember that if the freight boats are cancelled then no one gets deliveries for days … shops, pubs, cafes etc! The beaches are so beautiful, the white sand glistens like nowhere else I’ve been to. It’s a wonderful place to live but very isolated in winter. It is an amazing place to visit, well worth the trip over just remember to be organised, expect changes to your plans and embrace small island life! 👍❤️
A shame the Scillonian III is earmarked for replacement. I love the crossing, which always seems like an extension of the holiday rather than just a means of getting there and back. Seeing the Cornish coastline passing by, and often dolphins leaping out of the water close by is magical and in heavy seas it's like getting a free fairground ride thrown in (albeit accompanied by the heady aroma of vomit). The Scillonian IV lacks aesthetic appeal and charm and looks like it will be a much blander experience. Improved reliability can only be a good thing though.
If you ever make it to the UK I would suggest you visit the South West, it's a 4 to 5 hour train journey from London. You could easily spend a couple of weeks here and see stunning countryside and beaches coupled with rich history. Take a flight or the ferry across to Scilly for a week, I'd suggest you base yourself on St Marys (the main island) and take boat trips out to the other islands. There is not a lot of accomodation so it's advisable to book before you go. not many hotels so bed and breakfast is the best option. Many locals let a room or two for BB accomodation and theres always a good breakfast thrown in to
Technically the Scilly Isles are far enough south as to be on the cusp of where the English Channel becomes the Alantic Ocean , that is Renound for It's number of Shipwrecks that are loved by the Scuba Diving Comunities !!
Many places near where my parents live in Devon, there are car parks which switched from a "pay and display" ticket system to an "honesty box"... and their revenue actually went up!
Yh it's beautiful...we have seals and dolphin's where I live in Torbay you see certain times of the year and Torbay palm trees
We visited the Isles of Scilly when I was 9 years old. The only thing I remember is how badly seasick I was on the ferry.
I suggest you go to your usual search engine, type in UK and then maps. Then look at the UK coastline and zoom in to about five miles to the inch for starters, maybe ten miles when you get to the very north-east of Scotland? Following the coast you should get to see the majority of our coast and islands. Don't forget to go down to the Normandy coast of France too, as you will also see the Channel Islands as well, which are British Crown Dependencies..
We got a farm up the road from where I live with an honesty box for eggs .
I live in Italy and when I go to our house in the country for the summer, there is a stall that sells vegetables and fruit on the side of the road. No-one there, just a list of prices and an honesty box.
Yes in the English country side near me in East Yorkshire we have honesty boxes, selling usually fruit veg or eggs, my husband has bought a lot of turf from an honesty box on a farm, you just box the money through the letter box. It was common in cities for newspapers but not anymore. Everywhere in the UK had beautiful red squirrels until American grey squirrels were imported here and wiped out our red squirrels, a couple of areas have the red squirrels.
In tourist season there is also a bus driven by an eccentric but affable Scillonian.
I've heard St Mary's described as 2,000 alcoholics clinging to a rock.
Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson had a holiday home built there.
A few decades ago it was recommended to me as the best place to take a UK driving test as the roads were so simple (but narrow) and there was so little traffic.
The Scilly Isles police Facebook page used to be hilarious but I've not seen it for a couple of years.
Due to its geography it does have a unique and relatively warm climate and is hugely popular with bird watchers.
It isn't a convenient or cheap place to get to.
I live in Cornwall and have friends that live on the IOS. They come over to the mainland during the winter as the boat or the airbus are often cancelled due to weather conditions meaning the Islands become isolated. They are part of Cornwall and share the hospital and other infrastructure with Cornwall. So if the locals there get sick they get airlifted to the mainland - this can be difficult if weather conditions are bad. However in the summer it is idyllic. The boat to the Isles of Scilly is not a comfortable ride. It is a flat bottomed boat so rolls over the waves. It is usually full of vomiting tourists who are not prepared. However in the summer the boat goes 2 or 3 times a day so amazon can deliver there. In the winter the boat is a lot less though. Same goes for the airbus. Gig racing is a Cornish thing youngsters enjoy doing. Kids from Cornwall go camping with the schools on the IOS. Both my two went there and came back looking tanned. It is a bit of an escape haven for Cornish people in the summer to escape the thousands of tourists we get every summer.
Just off Cornwall, the Scilly Isles are our little bit of the Caribbean. Watch Tresco Abbey Gardens in the Isles of Scilly.
Great Britain and the British Isles are a collection of islands. Over 6,000 of them in fact, though sources vary from 6,289 to 7,700 islands in total.
We have honesty boxes on the "mainland", usually selling things like eggs or potatoes. Also most of the historical things you see on the islands you will see in the rest of the UK, the ancient people were inter-connected. The Isles have a small Channel Island feel. I think your "they're like your version of Hawaii" is about right.
I’ve heard of honesty boxes in the United States in rural areas. Here in the UK and honesty boxes just left on a little table outside somebody’s driveway in the countryside and you can help yourself to their produce. It might be strawberries, vegetables flowers honey et cetera. And you just put the money in the box.
The Scilly Isles are part of Cornwall. You see tropical plants and trees like this all over Cornwall.
In the winter Frosts are uncommon and Snow is very rare. This is because the Golf Stream hits the island's and south coast directly (and Southern Ireland as well) giving a consistent flow of warm moist air and water. But of course as Cornwall and the Islands stick out into the Atlantic they get their fair share of storms.
I remember going there by boat in the late 1980s that water looks so inviting but boy is that water cold 🥶
We have red squirrels and grey squirrels one on the video is red. I live in uk and yes ive heard about silly island but i personally havent been. Love fudge and fish and chips and love crab 😋. Love a Beach
We also have black squirrels, in the UK.
I love Arran up in Scotland.
That was a red squirrel shown. It's the native squirrel to the UK. Unfortunately they are becoming rarer due to the grey squirrels that was introduced into the UK from the USA in the 19th century.
The Isles of Scilly are part of the Duchy of Cornwall. So land belonging to Charles or now William, as Duke of Cornwall. The Royal Family would stay at Tamarisk House on Tresco, hidden away in a quarter acre of garden surrounded by Tamarisk trees. Harold Wilson, a past Prime Minister is buried there in a family plot. The sunlight on the Scillies is so bright & clear because there is little to no light pollution, & you can see the stars clearly at night. Which is why so many artists love it there. The seas surrounding the island are beautiful turquoise in the summer & the beaches pure golden like you’d see on a Caribbean island and not busy. Because of the warming Gulf Stream the climate is mild & hence why they can grow tropical plants, although it does get windy. They are famous for the flowers grown there, particularly the beautiful sweet smelling narcissi that people buy via post/online from all over. If you sit outside at one of the cafes, you’ll find the sparrows very friendly & they will come right up to you, eating from your hand. Gig rowing is a big thing in Cornwall and the Scillies, with much competition between teams. There’s one big annual race whereby teams from the mainland compete with island teams, & between themselves. The one way that is cheapest but also the roughest way to get to the Scillies, is via The Scillonian ferry because it’s known for making people very seasick. If the tide is going against you, there's a lot of swell ... the boat has to be shallow draught in order to cope with the docks so in a swell the boat wallows a lot. Best way is via helicopter, the views are marvellous & it’s much quicker, or by the small plane. Better still on your own sailboat. It’s a great place to go to, the food is great, the people friendly & the scenery stunning. Even us Cornish locals love going there for a holiday break. (By the way, we have honesty boxes all over the countryside in Cornwall too, most of rural uk does).
This is just one of the reasons you cannot do a whistle stop tour of the UK!
UK has a lot of small islands but Isles of Scilly is definitely the most tropical. The problem with the islands is getting there as the only airport that has flights are from Lands End right at the bottom corner of Cornwall. It only has a few seats so you have to book well is advance otherwise if just turn up more than likely it will be full.
4 honesty boxes in my village in somerset plus the old telephone box is used as a book /jigsaw puzzle swap site just take one and drop one back off
I got stranded on the Scilly Isles in 2023. The Skybus couldn't take off due to high winds. I think that the Scilly Isles are the only place on Earth where it's a pleasure to be stranded there.
the uk's Hawaii is Bermuda in the north atlantic
red squirrels are native to the UK - grey squirrels were introduced - they only appear on islands and remote places as the greys out compete them - you find them on the isle of wight etc
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