There and Back Again: Be a Hobbit Challenge!

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  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    394 miles done, On the east, a deep ravine holds a waterfall.just 3 little miles to go :bigsmile:
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    total traveled 28 miles
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.

    total traveled 35.5 miles


    total
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    258.56 miles -- Continuing east Weather Hills still visible on the western horizon. Weather Hills shows less and less and soon Trollshaws will come into view.
  • angel_of_harmony
    angel_of_harmony Posts: 188 Member
    I am in as well. With any hope the weather will be nice enough here tomorrow to be outdoors.
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 25: 2.5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.


    total traveled 38 miles


    total
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell



    266.89 miles -- Continue east. Far behind, the Weather Hills show less and less. Ahead, company begins to see the tops of the Trollshaws.
  • tuathanari
    tuathanari Posts: 38 Member
    This is the coolest thing ever, and what finally pushed me to get off my butt. :)
  • tubbyelmo
    tubbyelmo Posts: 415 Member
    So sorry to read of your recent loss, I love the promise you made to your grandfather and would feel honoured to "walk" along with you, there and back again! I walk every day in my lunch break, I'm sure you'll be surprised how quickly your miles add up!
  • ShaunaMcMac
    ShaunaMcMac Posts: 160 Member
    This is the saddest, but most beautiful thing.
  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    :bigsmile: :drinker: yay 397 miles me and emmawillose finally made it , a few days chilling and we will head back again :drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    Hey, moreORless50, great job! Maybe we'll meet on your return trip!

    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell

    272.25 miles -- Continue east. Road is rough. Camp.
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 25: 2.5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 26: 2 miles

    total traveled 40 miles


    total
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell



    282.76 miles -- Continue east. Behind, Weather Hills have almost disappeared. Ahead, dark wooded hills appear higher. Camp
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 25: 2.5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 26: 2 miles
    May 31: 5 miles: Reach the Brandywine Bridge. Stay at the Bridge Inn.

    total traveled 45 miles


    total
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  • bartbell
    bartbell Posts: 10
    What a wonderful thing to do to honor your grandfather. I am hitting the road tonight.

    "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" , and I have decided.
  • morkiemama
    morkiemama Posts: 894 Member
    I've heard of this before, but have yet to start. Bumping for later! <3
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell


    291.22 miles -- Open country. No streams. Camp.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell



    301.14 miles -- Road curves more to southeast. South of the road are bushes and stunted trees: wild and pathless. Camped north of the road a mile or so back.
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 25: 2.5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 26: 2 miles
    May 31: 5 miles: Reach the Brandywine Bridge. Stay at the Bridge Inn.
    june 2: 10 miles: stop for the night

    total traveled 55 miles


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  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell


    317.64 miles -- Road swings southeast through open country. Ahead on hills of the Trollshaws, can now see "old castles with an evil look." Camp
  • januarygal175
    januarygal175 Posts: 17
    Starting May 17: 4.5 miles
    Reached The Green Dragon in Bywater. The dwarves have a pony ready and they leave almost immediately. Gandalf soon joins them. Turn SE on Bywater Road. High banks with hedges rise on each side.
    :drinker:
    May 18: 7 miles
    pass the the Three Farthing stone, camp, then continue at leisurely pace down the road:smile:
    May 19: 11.5 miles
    Frogmorton. Stay at The Floating Log.
    May 22; 5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 24: 7.5 miles
    See the trees of Woody End across the fields to the south. Camp.
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 25: 2.5 miles
    Continue east on the Road at a leisurely pace.
    May 26: 2 miles
    May 31: 5 miles: Reach the Brandywine Bridge. Stay at the Bridge Inn.
    June 2: 10 miles: stop for the night
    June 5: 10 miles Camp next to the Road. continue east on the road. Land is sparsely settled.

    total traveled 65 miles


    total
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell.



    331.58 miles -- No path through the trees. Reach fire: TROLLS. Company captured. Gandalf keeps trolls arguing until dawn. Sun turns them to stone.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell


    347.26 miles -- some miles back we followed the trail with Gandalf to Troll-hole. Found swords for Thorin and Gandalf. Bilbo took blade. We collected the gold and returned to to the fire. We continued down the path and reached the Road then buried the gold and continued east.The road turned southeast and skirted hills of the Trollshaws. We camped then left early, making haste. We'll enter the woods in a short distance and continue east on the road.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell


    354.62 miles -- Woods run into the valley on north. Pass out-thrust 'toe' of a hill.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell



    368.62 miles -- Can see ruins on hilltop to the north. South of the Road, ravine of the Bruinen comes close. Road turns NE.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell


    381.12 miles -- Continue northeast. Road hugs feet of the Trollshaws. Cross a small stream. Road bends more northeast. The steep ravine of the Bruinen also runs east-northeast not far to the south. Continue east-northeast along road. Ride very quickly.
  • cpanus
    cpanus Posts: 19,977 Member
    To Lonely Mountain by way of Rivendell

    Sat - 5.28 miles
    Sun - 5.47 miles
    Mon - 5.13 miles

    Mon 2.42 miles
    Tues 6.82 miles
    Wed 2.90 miles
    Thurs - 2.31 miles
    Fri - 7.84 miles

    397 miles -- After camping at Ford of Bruinen we crossed. Gandalf searched out the path. Rode carefully. Path ran next to a steep gully on the left. On the east, a deep ravine held a waterfall. Came to a sudden cliff into the valley of Rivendell. Rode slowly down the zig-zag path. Pines cling tot the upper slopes, beech and oak below. Lead the ponies across the narrow bridge over the upper Bruinen. Reach the 'Last Homely House' in Rivendell!!

    On to Lonely Mountain...

    22.29 miles -- Left Rivendell, camped in the foothills - Ponies. Continue in the foothills - Ponies. Climb steadily - Four miles per day.
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    This is a fitting tribute to your grandfather, and a wonderful thing to share with others. :heart: :bigsmile:

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