Win someone a meal & stay for 2 at the St Martin's Hotel for their excellence in customer service.

Email your stories of people who have "gone the extra mile" to help.

Hello radio scilly i,m a first time visitor to the islands and i think you have something very special here, we are a party of ten from bath staying in self catering. we have been listening in the mornings and think you have a fantastic show well done Keri, we heard the debate about eating houses on the islands yesterday morning and we think we should tell you about our week. we eat out every night and because we are a party of ten it must be quite difficult to cater for our needs but last night we gave the bishop and wolf ago and i have got to say the food was superb, not to long a wait and the service by the staff was fantastic they were all smiling and seemed like they had won the lottery because they moving in a manner to say that they were so happy, not just in the restaurant but also downstairs in the bar they were polite and could not do anough for us , these places are very rare these days are we would like you to congratulate them on our behalf because it has made us relise that we want to come back next year , even the manager came out to check if we were alright and thats great to have pride in your work like that, we found out later that is name is tiny well done that man and just maybe if there was more places with that much pride the whole country would be a better place keep up the good work radio scilly thanks again from all of us and see you next year sue from bath

....... write to us at Porthmellon, St Mary's, TR21 0JH

We will post them here for the world to see how warm a welcome people get in Scilly!

JULY 10th Comment on St Martin's Hotel

Thank you to the staff at the Atlantic Hotel. We arrived earlier (by 8amish) than we expected on Monday morning, travelling BIH! Had to wait forthe boat to St Martins so went into the Atlantic Hotel and asked if we could get a cup of coffee or something - ended up with a full English Breakfast and all done with a smile!

John and Maureen Collins, staying at Menawethan on St Martins- June 09

Hard to pick out a 'winner' but the biggest suprise for me, after not coming over for quite a while was the quality of the food - both in the shops and in the bars/restaurants. We had some really good meals including at the Atlantic, the Turks Head and the Old Town Inn.  But the pick of the pack has to be the Seven Stones.  We had 4 different dishes and they were all fantastic, from the pasties to the seafood platter.  We enjoyed it so much we bought the book - the Island Ingredient - which has been very well used since.  Not just a coffee table book but a source of some excellent recipes. 

Cheers,

David Smith,Crown Agents Ltd-June 09

St Mary's

After visiting the scillies regularly as a child staying at Breakaway on st Martins with Steve and Colin daly, I always wanted to bring my children

5&3 so the week before last i did just that .We had a fab time we were very lucky with the weather and did all the things i had done as a child.

I would like to mention the staff at the KAVORNA who were superb friendly and chatty especially with the children also the staff at BLUE

that took the time to take my daughter to the kitchen and show her a lobster she was thrilled.i must also mention the food there was excellent!

Lastly I must mention the lady at the ice cream shop opposite Holgates Green she was Fab and very helpful telling us about the play ground

and pirate ship up by Star Castle which is a very well kept secret for some bizarre reason. One other thing where do you get a bucket

and spade on St Marys couldnt find one anywhere ended up getting one at the post office on St Martins.

We will be back very soon. Clifford Freeman- June 09

View of Gugh from St Agnes

Hi – we have just returned from the Islands after a yet another fantastic week’s stay on St. Agnes. Can we send a recommendation that the High Tide restaurant be placed on your Wall of Praise. A wonderful little restaurant secreted away on St. Agnes, serving delicious food prepared to the highest standard by Mark, excellent customer care – especially by Angus, who was very knowledgeable about the menu content, when we were there. It was our third visit since it first opened in 2007 and it continues to improve year on year. Dot & Alan Dunning. Looe Cornwall- June 09

Sunrise at Atlantic Slip, St Mary's, June 09

 
This is Gill from Silverdale in the north west, we are just home from our annual visit to the islands listening in to try and make the return home more bearable. I promised my husband, Stef, there would be no tears this year, so I had to resort to poetry, does anyone else have this problem when leaving Scilly, or is it me verging on obsessive behaviour?
I wrote this while sitting on the Scillonian staring back over the stern as we sailed back to Penzance:
 
Heart lost amongst distant shores,
Beyond the sunlight that dances over the sea,
The bow wave foams with soothing lament,
Gently consoling me.
 
Still visible on the horizon,
Gentle islands bid goodbye,
The ship carries me further away from you,
Her stern flag waves with wind blown sigh.
 
I watch as saddness blinds my eyes,
As you fade to distant blue,
Longing for the day to come,
When I joyfully return to you.
 
Keep up the good work, Gill xx- June 09

We have just returned from the most fabulous holiday in the Scillies. It is truly a superb place to visit with our children and we have all left with fantastic memories to treasure.

We thoroughly enjoyed listening to your programme on Radio Scilly each morning while we prepared breakfast – it was a fantastic opportunity to hear about what was going on  each day, particularly the weather and the boat schedules.  The music was great too!   Most importantly, it was because of you that we all took part in the Scilly Stride for Life run to raise money for cancer research.  I have just been on the website to look at the photos and listen to the broadcasts. Lots of fun and a great cause.

We have returned to the Worcestershire eager to tell our friends of how beautiful the islands are and how welcoming and helpful everyone we met was.  The children particularly enjoyed the freedom they could experience – going off cycling and walking without any fears.   It was a refreshing taste of the best of what the UK has to offer. Fortunately, we didn’t get to do all we planned, and so shall have to return one day in the not too distant future.

Well done Isles of Scilly.  We wish everyone a wonderful and profitable summer.  We shall tune in on-line to keep in touch with the local news!

Kind regards,

Catherine- June 09

Old Grimsby, Tresco, June 09

Hi, it's difficult not to add everyone we had contact with but I've tried to keep my list short. Isles of Scilly parking (not really on the islands I know). I'd arranged to park my car with them and ended up in a hurry and forgot to drop my bags off at the ferry. They very kindly gave us and our bags a lift to the ferry. Fantastic service and I had a valet and some dents sorted out too. Rosie Turtle at Porthmellon Flat. She helped us out when our chosen accommodation fell through. Wonderful flat, great location. We were short of nothing plus we got lovely flowers and chocs too. Loved listening to Radio Scilly in the mornings.

Carol Bates,Nottingham- June 09

We have just spent a most enjoyable week on St Mary's & would like to recommend unreservedly our B & B accommodation at Pelistry Cottage, Hugh Town. The room and facilities were spotlessly clean & breakfasts delicious and very substancial with a wide choice. The owners, Anne & Chris Hall, both passionate Scillonians, went out of their way to make us feel at home and despite being very busy gave very freely of their time to provide us with a wealth of information about the islands. They made all their guests feel welcome and special.
 
This was our second stay with them and we shall certainly return. We love your islands. Please keep them just as they are!
Best wishes
 
Angela & Ken Norton
Crockenhill, Kent- June 09