TAKEAWAY DINING & PICNIC SPOTS A guide to alfresco dining and our favourite picnic locations

TAKE AWAY DINING & PICNIC SPOTS St. Martin’s Bryher

From deserted beaches to headlands with sweeping views, Scilly has no shortage of wonderful outdoor eating spots - made even more special enjoyed with local food and produce.

Whether you’re visiting the islands for a day trip or longer break, you simply must sample the islands local produce. Due to the current restrictions, some restaurants and cafes have changed their services to be takeaway or limited sittings. Part of the Scilly experience is enjoying the landscape day and night, so there has never been a better time to enjoy a little alfresco dining.

We’ve pulled together a hampers feast from the islands’ independent producers partnered with our favourite picnic spaces for your enjoyment. Picnic spot: It has got to be the Daymark. St. Martin’s has many stunning viewpoints but the Daymark is one not to miss with its stunning vista of the Isles of Scilly.

Food: Bread and pasties- The Island Baker, St Martin’s. Handmade by Barney McLachlan in a former lobster potting shed. Barney uses the best, organic flour and introduces a guest bread every week. His freshly made pasties are well-known on the islands; the spiced vegetable option is especially popular.

If you are staying on the islands in self-catering accommodation, Scilly Food Boxes is a local online service available to order ahead of your arrival. Choose from fresh fruit and veg to locally produced jam and bread, simply order online selecting your day of arrival at www.scillyfoodboxes.co.uk Picnic spot: Make your way to Shipmen’s Head if you’d like a wilder view looking out across the islands or for a sheltered spot, head to Rushy Bay.

Food: Fresh fish - available from a little shop on Bryher called ‘Island Fish’ or from weekly stalls on New Grimsby and St. Mary’s quays, or at the local produce market- the crab, lobster and wet fish are as fresh as could be. Fudge from Veronica Farm, Bryher. All the milk, cream and butter used by this small family business comes from cows at Troytown Farm on St Agnes. You’ll find this famous, crumbly fudge on a stall by the farm gate, and at Vine Cafe, Hell Bay and the island shop on Bryher, as well as in other outlets across the islands.

St. Mary’s St. Agnes Tresco

Picnic spot: If you’ve headed ‘north’ in search of duck and fresh juice, we recommend stopping off at Porthelick Cove and admiring the ‘Loaded Camel’ rock formation and Sir Cloudesley Shovell’s memorial. Before you head to this end of the island, we’d recommend a visit to the deli in Hugh Town for some extra picnic supplies.

Food: Scilly raised duck legs from Salakee Farm, St Mary’s. Salakee ducks have had a happy life, with plenty of spaces to waddle in small groups (you might see the farm as Skybus comes into land). Purchase online or at the weekly (Saturday) farmers market behind the Town Hall on St. Mary’s. For fresh apple juice and jams or even a tipple if you fancy some cider, look out for Ang’s small shop outside Carn Friars Farm towards the eastern end of St. Mary’s. Picnic spot: Our favourite picnic spot on St. Agnes is Wingletang Down, looking out to Bishop Rock and the wild Atlantic shores.

Food: Troytown Farm has the best ice cream on the islands, as well as meat and dairy produce. Coastguards Café is open for takeaways and the local post office shop has all your basic supplies including pasties and sandwiches.

Picnic spot: By the Block

House, along from Old Grimsby and in a fairly short walking distance of Tresco Stores.

Food: Tresco has a wonderful deli and store with a selection of dairy, breads, meat, fish and everything else you could possibly need for a picnic. The store is open 10am – 4pm daily.