Mandy is a born and bred Scillonian who has been welcoming holiday makers to St Martins for most of her life. For many years Mandy helped run the family pub The Sevenstones and when the Goddard family sold their business she took on the small delicatessen and grocery store in Lowertown along with her holiday lets. Mandy has been involved in every aspect of island life including being its bar maid, school governor,coastguard and first aid respondent, gig crew and coxwain, grocer, post office clerk and RNLI rep. She is a much loved member of the island community by locals and visitors both young and old. She is always happy to share her wealth of knowledge about Scilly with holiday makers and is possibly unrivalled among the islanders in the number of visitors that she has come to know well - many of whom return to her island home year after year. If you are a newcomer or a regular visitor to St Martins you couldn´t ask for a kinder or more considerate hostess than Mandy or a more relaxing laid back holiday than the one awaiting you in one of her Lowertown Lets.
(Elisa Williams visitor to St Martins and friend since 1962)
Mandy´s Self-Catering Lets.
Enjoying sheltered positions in the tiny hamlet of Lowertown on St Martins, Isles of Scilly, is The Locker and The Garden Chalet. Both properties are south facing and provide the perfect self-catering base from which to explore these perennially peaceful and beautiful islands.
The pace of life here evokes memories of a bygone era and yet the lets proximity to one of the islands quays, its luxury hotel with award winning restaurant and informal bistro and the local pub means that guests are conveniently located for transportation between the islands and two popular amenities. The island Post Office and convenience store sells a good selection of groceries, there are also locally grown seasonal vegetables available from several road side stalls and local fish and shell fish can be purchased from Mandy during the season.
A wider selection of food and provisions can also be purchased from the main island of St Marys. Advance food orders can be arranged if required. The Isles of Scilly enjoy a mild year round climate influenced by the Gulf Stream ensuring that they hold a special charm whether it be summery days which often extend from early March to late October to dramatic seasonal storms and bright tranquil winter days during when the famous pre-Christmas blooms of daffodils and narcissi stud the islands fields.
Spring is a particularly beautiful time of the year here not least because it arrives so early heralded by an abundance of flora and the diverse traffic of migrant birds that make the islands such a popular destination for bird watching. Summer?s spent lazing on dozens of peaceful white sand beaches and boating between the islands can often evoke images of far more tropical global destinations. The increasingly clement autumnal weather and Indian summers of recent years means that those who prefer holidaying in low season can often enjoy the islands in summer disguise deserted of the relative throngs of summer visitors. Fully heated, The Locker and The Garden Chalet are ideal as cosy comfortable hideaways at all times of the year.