Days 10 & 11 Friday, April 11th and Saturday April 12th Our journey home to the Scillies

 Two uneventful days in one for the final post of this holiday.

Ready to leave

Friday was the day we left the Gower and Worms Head.  We breakfasted and packed to make a fairly early start on the long journey to Penzance.  Before we left the car park it was time for a quick photo of my sun-tanned wife alongside the Merc which had served us well with the Worms Head in the background.  The Worms Head Hotel had been a good comfortable base for us and had the advantage of being very close to Potton where the rest of our group were staying.  We were soon underway and had a happily uneventful drive back to Enterprise in Swansea.  After a quick inspection there were no penalties to pay and so we trundled our cases back to Swansea station.  Our first train was to Cardiff and we were well on time and it left at 1130.  Our only change at Cardiff was leisurely, we found the reserved seats and settled back for the journey through the rest of Wales and southwest England to Penzance.  The only disappointment was that there was no refreshment service on the train but we had some bits and pieces and having had a good breakfast we just about survived!  The journey was its usual scenic self in the bright sunshine and tide well up. We arrived at Penzance on time at 1840 and were soon checked in and ensconced in the Premier Inn.  We had booked a meal deal and enjoyed a basic, good pub type dinner before retiring. 

The next unlike all the previous days on this holiday started with some drizzle.  We had our breakfast at a still leisurely pace because the sailing time for the Scillonian was 1015.  We were glad to have our waterproofs for the walk to the quay and when we got the Scillonian found it pretty busy with most people staying inside.  We settled down and were soon underway with the sea calm but the weather not 

Aboard the Meridian for St Martins

conducive for going outside.  The voyage took about 2 ¾ hours and we disembarked just after 1300.  We had to wait for a 2pm boat to Higher Town. The rain had stopped by this time. We 

Past Guthers Island again

planned to walk the road to home but did have a lift some of the way.  I went for our car and collected the luggage from Higher Town waiting room.  We were all back indoors by 1530 after a good journey at the end of a superb time away.

So that is cheerio until our next trip.