This story was written for the Writers’ Circus on the topic of ‘Home Coming’.

The deadline for submission was looming and I had only a vague idea what I wanted to write about.

We were on a short break to celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary.

When I saw Castle Stalker and Lismore Island, the story wrote itself.

It is about a woman from Canada who brings her parent’s ashes to scatter in Scotland.

However, there was a problem. It did not have a proper ending.

My friends at Writers’ Circus urged me to ‘finish it properly’.

After a further week of mulling it over, re-reading what I had written, the ending came.