homewardpath
nounUK /ˈhəʊmwəd pɑːθ/
US /ˈhoʊmwərd pæθ/
The way that leads you back to your home.
After the long hike, we finally found the homewardpath through the woods.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A route or direction that leads toward one's homeland or hometown.
The old railway was the homewardpath for soldiers returning from war.
3. A figurative way of returning to a place or state of comfort and belonging.
Reading old letters was his homewardpath to happier memories.
4. The final stretch of a trip that heads back to where one started.
We rested at the last village before the homewardpath began.