The Isle of Scilly (for which I have considerable affection) have declared war on Jersey. Well, a war of wards at least:
Tourism officials on the Isles of Scilly are to lodge a complaint over a claim made by Jersey's tourism office in a £1m TV advertising campaign that the largest of the Channel Islands is "the warmest place in the British Isles".
Met Office temperature records for Scilly obtained by the Guardian also appear to undermine Jersey's claim.
May the best islands win.
Note the plural: Scilly wins this race hands down. Warmly (!) recommended as a holiday destination, all year round (yes, I've been there in February).
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Also, I’d beg leave to doubt considerably whether the Channel Islands count as ‘in the British Isles’…
Met office records? Records kept by the organisation that dropped us right off their weather maps last year? 😉
Next thing, the Scillies will be claiming to grow Royals!!
The Channel Islands are unquestionably in the British Isles (which is purely a geographical term).
Must admit that when I first heard the advert I suspected it might cause controversy (even if it was true, which I have no knowledge of). For example, does is mean that Jersey is hotter than the Scillies in the summer, or that it is less cold in the winter ? Given their geographical location, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the Scillies were warmer (milder) in the winter.
@ Harry “The Channel Islands are unquestionably in the British Isles (which is purely a geographical term).”
We can all agree with the last six words. Oh, except the spokesperson for Jersey Tourism who thinks it is a political term, saying Jersey is politically part of the British Isles.
Actually, it is very questionable whether the Channel Islands are part of the British Isles.
There are three main groups of opinions for what constitutes the British Isles: (i) Britain, Ireland, and their offshore islands – not including the Channels Islands, which are offshore islands of Normandy; (ii) as (i) but including the Channel Islands because they are ‘British’ and close enough to the island of Britain; That is quite close to the view of the Jersey Tourism spokesperson and not a million miles away from the definition of the Ordnance Survey; (iii) those who say that the British Isles is the archipelago off North West Europe including, for example, Britain, the Channel Islands, Ushant, the Faroes, and Heligoland.