He struggled 'homeward' in the rain.
I am 'homeward bound'. [=going home]
a 'homeward' voyage/journey
(..) from far away. The price he paid was his ears and his tongue. No matter how you hold it... it always struggles to return homeward... to the star from which it fell. It always points to the north. Not in the fog. It cannot see the stars (..)1958 The Vikings