Days 19 & 20 December 10 & 11 Homeward Bound

I have combined the last two days of our holiday to one posting.  Day 20 Durham to Penzance
We had a taxi from the Travelodge back to Durham station to catch a 0855 train which went all the way to Plymouth.  It arrived on time and we had an uneventful, but quite long and boring journey eventually arriving at Plymouth at about 1600.  We had a 17 minute wait before catching a modern, comfortable commuter train to Penzance arriving at approx. 1800.  We deposited our cases at Heather & Alan's flat and had a meal at the nearby Longboat pub.  We were then able to watch a bit of tv before retiring.

Day 21 Penzance to St Martin's



festive Lands End airport

We were grateful that today did not look foggy or too windy when emerged from bed.  We breakfasted and caught the shuttle bus to Lands End airport at 0945.  The minibus driver assured us that the flights were OK today as we made our way to the airport.  We checked in with our slightly overweight luggage and the Twin Otter took off at the scheduled 0945.  We were 

Little Ganilly & Little Arthur

soon amongst the islands and flew near Little Ganilly and Little Arthur (two of the Eastern Islands).   We 

Bar Point

passed over Bar Point on St Mary's before approaching the runway from the north in the southerly wind.  We soon collected our luggage and were minibussed down to St Mary's quay.  Our boat was not until 1230 and so we ventured into Hugh Town to do some shopping and have a cup of coffee.  We met Heather & Alan before catching the Falcon (in use because the Lightning had had a severe accident in the storm over the weekend).  We were soon on Lower Town, St Martin's and I fetched the car to take us back home where Button the cat was pleased to see us.

We counted up that we had used 25 different trains in this holiday as well as boats, planes, cars, minibusses and coaches.  It certainly is interesting travelling from Scilly.  Thank you for reading the blog, hopefully it gives a flavour of a very enjoyable holiday.