Iona, a Thin Place

"When in some future time I shall sit in a madly crowded assembly with music and dancing round me, and the wish arises to retire into the loneliest loneliness, I shall think of Iona."

- Felix Mendelssohn, 1829

How to describe this place? Only hoping that the saying that if you go once, you will have to return at least twice more, is true.

The day ended dramatically with Zion falling onto a hedgehog (don't ask!) outside our cottage and getting pricked rather viciously.