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The journey home

The journey home from any happy holiday is always bitter sweet.  Bitter because the holiday is at an end, sweet because there is no place like home!  There is a bonus for us on our journey home from Colonsay because it is so beautiful!  Two and a half hours on the sea, sailing between Hebridean islands and glorious west of Scotland coastline, and then a scenic three hour road trip from Oban right across the country to our home on the east coast. 

 Here is the Calmac ferry coming to pick us up, and then a last look as we move away from the island.  
Our two sea dogs have become seasoned travellers on the ferry and I think they quite enjoy the sea air!
The beautiful island of Mull is on the port side of the ferry for most of the trip to Oban. 

Once on the road home, we stopped for a few minutes to give the dogs a brief walk.  The late afternoon sunshine picked up the autumn colours through the trees and grasses, bringing our holiday to a gentle and mellow close.

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