Day 19 & 20 (Octtober 5th & 6th) Flight, Heathrow, Penzance then home.

We left Halifax sometime after 11pm and after the 5 hour flight we landed at Heathrow at nearly 10am.  The flight was smooth and the food and comfort were pretty good.  After collecting the luggage and saying goodbye to everyone we got through customs and made our way to the Heathrow Express and Paddington.  Our train was about 1pm and so we had some time to get a snack before boarding and settling down on yet another train! 

Lands End Hard runway
 



The Scilloniian was high and dry in port 



St.Martin's

We arrived in Penzance at about 7pm, settled into Heather & Alan's flat and then went out for a meal in the Longboat pub.  We had a good night's sleep and were up ready to catch the bus out to Lands End airport for the flight back to the Isles of Scilly.  It was our first experience of the new hard runway at the airport and the new resurfacing at St. Mary's. Both made the trip in the 7-seater Islander better and more comfortable. The islands were soon in view and we had a good view of St. Martin's and our home.



Lower Town with our home
 

We landed, took the bus to the quay and caught the jet boat to St. Martin's and our long journey was completed by 4pm.  It had all been very successful and enjoyable.