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Photo by Peter Kiss
It’s hard not to be charmed by this gorgeous, and those staying several days, I hopped daffodils. I even spotted rainbows.
green area with flowers, vivid blue seas, color- a 16-passenger Skybus prop plane for the “It’s a very different life here,” pointed out Rob-
ful sunsets and fresh air. The islands thrive 15-minute flight to St. Mary’s. (Flights from
on a temperate climate, the warmest spot in several other cities in England are also avail- ert Francis, managing director of the family-
run, luxurious Star Castle hotel, as he drove
Britain. able.)
me from the airport. “We don’t lock our
I had just arrived for my first visit--after tak- It was a perfect day—a magic carpet ride as houses, we leave keys in the car, children can
ing a relaxing 5-hour train ride from London we left the mainland, flew over the dramatic run around.”
to Penzance, then 20-min. taxi ride to the sea, then arrived on St. Mary’s: lush, green Sounds like paradise to me!
Land’s End Airport. Joining Day Trippers farmland and meadows with bright yellow
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