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YOUR HOSTSGuest Speaker %u2013 Mike NelhamsWe are most fortunate in having Mike Nelhams as our Guest Speaker. We have known Mike for over 20 years as he has welcomed our vessels to Tresco and more recently accompanied our tours in Cornwall. He is one of the island%u2019s great characters and will add much to your visit. He trained for three years at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Wisley and first went to Tresco on a Studley Trust Scholarship as a student in 1976. After managing a woodland garden in Sussex for five years he returned to Tresco Abbey Garden in 1984 as Head Gardener and then in 1994 took the post of Garden Curator which was established for him. He is an RHS judge on the Tender Plants Committee, judges regularly at Chelsea Flower Show and also is a frequent lecturer throughout the English-speaking world. He has published a book, Tresco Abbey Garden and has made many appearances on national TV and radio, as well as having written many articles for the horticultural press. Mike has a particular interest in plants from the Mediterranean and associated coastal regions of the world. A Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society, Mike regularly leads garden tours. Tour Leader %u2013 Chantal CooksonChantal has lost count of how many times she has stepped ashore in the Isles of Scilly. Chantal was born in Suffolk very near the sea and now lives in Northumberland where her husband farms. Chantal has been associated with Noble Caledonia since the company was founded in 1991 and has led tours, be it cruising or land, all over the world. Chantal%u2019s initial experience of cruising in British waters was in 1991 when Noble Caledonia undertook its first cruise around the British Isles, which was a ground-breaking voyage and led to a very successful and popular concept. Though her main job over the last 25 years has been working for Sotheby%u2019s, she is now a Travel and Fine Art Consultant intertwining in her busy life still working periodically as part of the Noble Caledonia field staff team. From the Arctic to the Antarctica, South America to Australia, the UK, Africa, India, the Seychelles, and many other destinations she has been able to pursue her love of the oceans, travel and photography. Chantal is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.St Martin%u2019sTrescoAtlantic grey sealTresco Abbey sub-tropical gardens