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Welcome back Greenie...hope the travels & exams both went well!
5/20: 2
Total: 158 miles
You have walked 158 miles.
You are at Bree.
It is 6 miles to the next landmark.
You have 300 miles to reach Rivendell.
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sorry for the radio silence - the past few weeks I had finals for school and traveling for work. Since I last post, my fitbit tells me that I have walked 33 miles, so I have walked a total of 297 miles towards Rivendell. You have walked 297 miles. You have passed Still south of the Road. It is 3 miles to the next landmark. You have 161 miles to reach Rivendell. They dreaded the dark hours, and kept watch in pairs by night, expecting at any time to see black shapes stalking in the grey night, dimly lit by the cloud-veiled moon; but they saw nothing, and heard no sound but the sigh of withered leaves and grass.
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just a walk for me! (I don't "do" runs!! lol) and I'm almost there...almost there...to my next milepost! :) You have walked 51.4 miles. You have passed Woody End. It is 0.6 miles to the next landmark. You have 406.6 miles to reach Rivendell. The day's march promised to be warm and tiring work. After some miles, however, the road ceased to roll up and down: it climbed to the top of a steep bank in a weary zig-zagging sort of way, and then prepared to go down for the last time. In front of them they saw the lower lands dotted with small clumps of trees that melted away in the distance to a brown woodland haze. They were looking across the Woody End towards the Brandywine River. The road wound away before them like a piece of string.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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5/18 & 19: 0 miles TAKING THE WEEKEND OFF  Total: 156 miles You have walked 156 miles. You are at Bree. It is 8 miles to the next landmark. You have 302 miles to reach Rivendell.
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Perfect morning to run! 236.82+3.81=240.63 You have walked 240.63 miles. You have passed Small stream coming down from the Weather Hills. It is 5.37 miles to the next landmark. You have 217.37 miles to reach Rivendell. The hills drew nearer. They made an undulating ridge, often rising almost to a thousand feet, and here and there falling again to low clefts or passes leading into the eastern land beyond. Along the crest of the ridge the hobbits could see what looked to be the remains of green-grown walls and dikes, and in the clefts there still stood the ruins of old works of stone. By night they had reached the feet of the westward slopes, and there they camped. It was the night of the fifth of October, and they were six days out from Bree.
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233.33+3.49=236.82 You have walked 236.82 miles. You have passed Small stream coming down from the Weather Hills. It is 9.18 miles to the next landmark. You have 221.18 miles to reach Rivendell. The hills drew nearer. They made an undulating ridge, often rising almost to a thousand feet, and here and there falling again to low clefts or passes leading into the eastern land beyond. Along the crest of the ridge the hobbits could see what looked to be the remains of green-grown walls and dikes, and in the clefts there still stood the ruins of old works of stone. By night they had reached the feet of the westward slopes, and there they camped. It was the night of the fifth of October, and they were six days out from Bree.
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5/17: 2 miles
Total: 156 miles
You have walked 156 miles.
You are at Bree.
It is 8 miles to the next landmark.
You have 302 miles to reach Rivendell.
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5/17 - 4 5/18 - 3 You have walked 691 miles. You have passed Crebain Attack. It is 15 miles to the next landmark. You have 231 miles to reach Caras Galadon. `Lie flat and still!' hissed Aragorn, pulling Sam down into the shade of a holly-bush; for a whole regiment of birds had broken away suddenly from the main host, and came, flying low, straight towards the ridge. Sam thought they were a kind of crow of large size. As they passed overhead, in so dense a throng that their shadow followed them darkly over the ground below, one harsh croak was heard.
Edited by: LOOKINGUP2012 at: 5/18/2013 (20:38)
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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5/16: 2 miles
Total: 154 miles
You have walked 154 miles.
You are at Bree.
It is 10 miles to the next landmark.
You have 304 miles to reach Rivendell.
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5/13 - 2 5/14 - 4 5/15 - 4 5/16 - 4 Beautiful day here!   You have walked 684 miles. You have passed Hollin Ridge. It is 6 miles to the next landmark. You have 238 miles to reach Caras Galadon. They had been a fortnight on the way when the weather changed. The wind suddenly fell and then veered round to the south. The swift-flowing clouds lifted and melted away, and the sun came out, pale and bright. There came a cold clear dawn at the end of a long stumbling night-march. The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient holly-trees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. Their dark leaves shone and their berries glowed red in the light of the rising sun
Edited by: LOOKINGUP2012 at: 5/18/2013 (08:10)
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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5/15: 2 miles
Total: 152 miles
You have walked 152 miles.
You are at Bree.
It is 12 miles to the next landmark.
You have 306 miles to reach Rivendell.
Bree was the chief village of the Bree-land, a small inhabited region, like an island in the empty lands round about. Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad.
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231.42+1.91=233.33 You have walked 233.33 miles. You have passed Small stream coming down from the Weather Hills. It is 12.67 miles to the next landmark. You have 224.67 miles to reach Rivendell. The hills drew nearer. They made an undulating ridge, often rising almost to a thousand feet, and here and there falling again to low clefts or passes leading into the eastern land beyond. Along the crest of the ridge the hobbits could see what looked to be the remains of green-grown walls and dikes, and in the clefts there still stood the ruins of old works of stone. By night they had reached the feet of the westward slopes, and there they camped. It was the night of the fifth of October, and they were six days out from Bree.
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5/14: 2 MILES
TOTAL: 150 MILES
You have walked 150 miles.
You are at The Great East Road west of Bree.
It is 2 miles to the next landmark.
You have 308 miles to reach Rivendell.
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5/13: 2 MILES
TOTAL: 148 MILES
You have walked 148 miles.
You are at The Great East Road west of Bree.
It is 4 miles to the next landmark.
You have 310 miles to reach Rivendell.
They climbed down and out of the dike and through a gap in the wall, and then Tom turned due north, for they had been bearing somewhat to the west. The land was now open and fairly level, and they quickened their pace, but the sun was already sinking low when at last they saw a line of tall trees ahead, and they knew that they had come back to the Road after many unexpected adventures. They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees. They were on the top of a sloping bank, and the Road, now dim as evening drew on, wound away below them. At this point it ran nearly from South-west to North-east, and on their right it fell quickly down into a wide hollow. It was rutted and bore many signs of the recent heavy rain; there were pools and pot-holes full of water. They rode down the bank and looked up and down. There was nothing to be seen. 'Well, here we are again at last!' said Frodo. 'I suppose we haven't lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful - it may have put them off our trail.'
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228.75+2.67=231.42 You have walked 231.42 miles. You have passed Small stream coming down from the Weather Hills. It is 14.58 miles to the next landmark. You have 226.58 miles to reach Rivendell. The hills drew nearer. They made an undulating ridge, often rising almost to a thousand feet, and here and there falling again to low clefts or passes leading into the eastern land beyond. Along the crest of the ridge the hobbits could see what looked to be the remains of green-grown walls and dikes, and in the clefts there still stood the ruins of old works of stone. By night they had reached the feet of the westward slopes, and there they camped. It was the night of the fifth of October, and they were six days out from Bree.
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Shorty...good to see you out & about!  Lady......the Barrow counter is going nuts on and off so it's hard to keep track. One day it says I have 300 miles to reach Rivendell and the next it says 400! 5/12: 2 MILES TOTAL: 146 MILES You have walked 146 miles. You are at The Great East Road west of Bree. It is 6 miles to the next landmark. You have 312 miles to reach Rivendell. They climbed down and out of the dike and through a gap in the wall, and then Tom turned due north, for they had been bearing somewhat to the west. The land was now open and fairly level, and they quickened their pace, but the sun was already sinking low when at last they saw a line of tall trees ahead, and they knew that they had come back to the Road after many unexpected adventures. They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees. They were on the top of a sloping bank, and the Road, now dim as evening drew on, wound away below them. At this point it ran nearly from South-west to North-east, and on their right it fell quickly down into a wide hollow. It was rutted and bore many signs of the recent heavy rain; there were pools and pot-holes full of water. They rode down the bank and looked up and down. There was nothing to be seen. 'Well, here we are again at last!' said Frodo. 'I suppose we haven't lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful - it may have put them off our trail.'
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5/12 3.4mi today :) and comparing to my other log, sometime I must have mistyped into Barrowdowns... I've got a bit more than I'd previously ledgered! Yay!! Hope you all had a good Mother's Day.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have walked 47.4 miles. You have passed Woody End. It is 4.6 miles to the next landmark. You have 410.6 miles to reach Rivendell. The day's march promised to be warm and tiring work. After some miles, however, the road ceased to roll up and down: it climbed to the top of a steep bank in a weary zig-zagging sort of way, and then prepared to go down for the last time. In front of them they saw the lower lands dotted with small clumps of trees that melted away in the distance to a brown woodland haze. They were looking across the Woody End towards the Brandywine River. The road wound away before them like a piece of string.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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Happy Mother's Day to All!  5/11 - 4.5 5/12 - 3.5 You have walked 670 miles. You have passed Hollin Ridge. It is 20 miles to the next landmark. You have 252 miles to reach Caras Galadon. They had been a fortnight on the way when the weather changed. The wind suddenly fell and then veered round to the south. The swift-flowing clouds lifted and melted away, and the sun came out, pale and bright. There came a cold clear dawn at the end of a long stumbling night-march. The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient holly-trees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. Their dark leaves shone and their berries glowed red in the light of the rising sun.
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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      HAPPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU!! 5/11: 2 MILES TOTAL: 144 MILES You have walked 144 miles. You are at The Great East Road west of Bree. It is 8 miles to the next landmark. You have 314 miles to reach Rivendell. They climbed down and out of the dike and through a gap in the wall, and then Tom turned due north, for they had been bearing somewhat to the west. The land was now open and fairly level, and they quickened their pace, but the sun was already sinking low when at last they saw a line of tall trees ahead, and they knew that they had come back to the Road after many unexpected adventures. They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees. They were on the top of a sloping bank, and the Road, now dim as evening drew on, wound away below them. At this point it ran nearly from South-west to North-east, and on their right it fell quickly down into a wide hollow. It was rutted and bore many signs of the recent heavy rain; there were pools and pot-holes full of water. They rode down the bank and looked up and down. There was nothing to be seen. 'Well, here we are again at last!' said Frodo. 'I suppose we haven't lost more than two days by my short cut through the Forest! But perhaps the delay will prove useful - it may have put them off our trail.'
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 5/12/2013 (07:43)
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Aragorn's Path. 73 miles Aragorn listens to ground and hears horses galloping away from them. They leave at dawn.
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5/11 3.25miles :) You have walked 40.5 miles. You have passed Black Rider Stopping Place. It is 5.5 miles to the next landmark. You have 417.5 miles to reach Rivendell.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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5/10: 2 miles
Total: 142 miles
You have walked 142 miles.
You are at The Barrow-Downs.
It is 2 miles to the next landmark.
You have 316 miles to reach Rivendell.
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5/9: 2 miles
Total: 140 miles
You have walked 140 miles.
You are at The Barrow-Downs.
It is 4 miles to the next landmark.
You have 318 miles to reach Rivendell.
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 m   Happy Birthday DMIL! 5/9 - 4 5/10 - 5 You have walked 662 miles. You have walked 662 miles. You have passed Hollin Ridge. It is 28 miles to the next landmark. You have 260 miles to reach Caras Galadon. They had been a fortnight on the way when the weather changed. The wind suddenly fell and then veered round to the south. The swift-flowing clouds lifted and melted away, and the sun came out, pale and bright. There came a cold clear dawn at the end of a long stumbling night-march. The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient holly-trees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. Their dark leaves shone and their berries glowed red in the light of the rising sun.
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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95!!! WOW....HAPPY BIRTHDAY DMIL!! 5/8: 2 miles Total: 138 miles You have walked 138 miles. You are at The Barrow-Downs. It is 6 miles to the next landmark. You have 320 miles to reach Rivendell.
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More biking than walking lately (along with some days off,spent Birthday celebrating for 95 yr old MIL!!) You have walked 37.25 miles. You have passed Black Rider Stopping Place. It is 8.75 miles to the next landmark. You have 420.75 miles to reach Rivendell.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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58 - 4 You have walked 653 miles You have passed High Vantage Point. It is 7 miles to the next landmark. You have 269 miles to reach Caras Galadon. South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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5/6 & 5/7 - 9 miles You have walked 264 miles. You are at Great Road. It is 8 miles to the next landmark. You have 194 miles to reach Rivendell. They made their way slowly and cautiously round the south-western slopes of the hill, and came in a little while to the edge of the Road. There was no sign of the Riders. But even as they were hurrying across they heard far away two cries: a cold voice calling and a cold voice answering. Trembling they sprang forward, and made for the thickets that lay ahead.
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5/7: 2 miles
Total: 136 miles
You have walked 136 miles.
You are at The Barrow-Downs.
It is 8 miles to the next landmark.
You have 322 miles to reach Rivendell.
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5/7 - 4 You have walked 649 miles. You have passed High Vantage Point. It is 11 miles to the next landmark. You have 273 miles to reach Caras Galadon. South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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Greenie...I love the NEW LIFE, NEW WAISTLINE" on your Sparkpage.
Good mantra....going to remember that today and not stuff my face. LOL
5/6: 2 miles
Total: 134 miles
You have walked 134 miles.
You are at The Barrow-Downs.
It is 10 miles to the next landmark.
You have 324 miles to reach Rivendell.
They heard of the Great Barrows, and the green mounds, and the stone-rings upon the hills and in the hollows among the hills. Sheep were bleating in flocks. Green walls and white walls rose. There were fortresses on the heights. Kings of little kingdoms fought together, and the young Sun shone like fire on the red metal of their new and greedy swords. There was victory and defeat; and towers fell, fortresses were burned, and flames went up into the sky. Gold was piled on the biers of dead kings and queens; and mounds covered them, and the stone doors were shut; and the grass grew over all. Sheep walked for a while biting the grass, but soon the hills were empty again. A shadow came out of dark places far away, and the bones were stirred in the mounds. Barrow-wights walked in the hollow places with a clink of rings on cold fingers, and gold chains in the wind.' Stone rings grinned out of the ground like broken teeth in the moonlight.
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5/6 - 5.5 You have walked 645 miles
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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Thanks to Melody525 for the warm welcome. 5/5: 5 miles You have walked 255 miles. You have passed The Weather Hills. It is 3 miles to the next landmark. You have 203 miles to reach Rivendell. In the morning they found, for the first time since they had left the Chetwood, a track plain to see. They turned right and followed it southwards. It ran cunningly, taking a line that seemed chosen so as to keep as much hidden as possible from the view, both of the hill-tops above and of the flats to the west. It dived into dells, and hugged steep banks; and where it passed over flatter and more open ground on either side of it there were lines of large boulders and hewn stones that screened the travellers almost like a hedge.
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 EGREENE4.....WELCOME TO HOBBITLAND!! HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR WALK ON THE TRAIL. HAVE FUN. 5/5: 2 miles Total: 132 miles You have walked 132 miles. You are at The Barrow-Downs. It is 12 miles to the next landmark. You have 326 miles to reach Rivendell. They heard of the Great Barrows, and the green mounds, and the stone-rings upon the hills and in the hollows among the hills. Sheep were bleating in flocks. Green walls and white walls rose. There were fortresses on the heights. Kings of little kingdoms fought together, and the young Sun shone like fire on the red metal of their new and greedy swords. There was victory and defeat; and towers fell, fortresses were burned, and flames went up into the sky. Gold was piled on the biers of dead kings and queens; and mounds covered them, and the stone doors were shut; and the grass grew over all. Sheep walked for a while biting the grass, but soon the hills were empty again. A shadow came out of dark places far away, and the bones were stirred in the mounds. Barrow-wights walked in the hollow places with a clink of rings on cold fingers, and gold chains in the wind.' Stone rings grinned out of the ground like broken teeth in the moonlight.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 5/6/2013 (08:20)
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219.85+8.9=228.75 You have walked 228.75 miles. You have passed Small stream coming down from the Weather Hills. It is 17.25 miles to the next landmark. You have 229.25 miles to reach Rivendell. The hills drew nearer. They made an undulating ridge, often rising almost to a thousand feet, and here and there falling again to low clefts or passes leading into the eastern land beyond. Along the crest of the ridge the hobbits could see what looked to be the remains of green-grown walls and dikes, and in the clefts there still stood the ruins of old works of stone. By night they had reached the feet of the westward slopes, and there they camped. It was the night of the fifth of October, and they were six days out from Bree.
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 new walkers! Best wishes Tudi on your sale. 5/3 - 1 5/4 - 5 5/5 - 2.5 You have walked 639.5 miles. You have passed High Vantage Point. It is 20.5 miles to the next landmark. You have 282.5 miles to reach Caras Galadon. South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps.
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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Hi everyone, Just found this challenge - don't know how I missed it since I love most things Tolkien and Hobbit/LotR! Using my overall walking for this year courtesy of my fitbit: 250 miles. You have walked 250 miles. You have passed The Weather Hills. It is 8 miles to the next landmark. You have 208 miles to reach Rivendell. In the morning they found, for the first time since they had left the Chetwood, a track plain to see. They turned right and followed it southwards. It ran cunningly, taking a line that seemed chosen so as to keep as much hidden as possible from the view, both of the hill-tops above and of the flats to the west. It dived into dells, and hugged steep banks; and where it passed over flatter and more open ground on either side of it there were lines of large boulders and hewn stones that screened the travellers almost like a hedge.
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 HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO EVERYONE  Tudi....wishing you both the best of luck for a great sale. So glad you had friends to help out. I am glad you're feeling better for the most part....we are kindred souls. LOL Stay well and  Happy sales to you....la la la (ala Roy Rogers LOL) 5/4: 2 miles Total: 130 miles You have walked 130 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 2 miles to the next landmark. You have 328 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
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 Hi Fellow Trekkers. Just an update. My partner and I are selling our house. So, we've been doing all the stuff one does to spruce things up, make it look like the beautiful place (yard like a park) that it is. We had a massive yard sale today and got lots of stuff gone. What we didn't sell or give away, we donated to Goodwill. Everything is very spiffy and no clutter anywhere at all. We had lots of help with our yard sale to day with several friends who helped us carry it off. Anyway, that's what is going on. Next Saturday our realtor is having an open house. We already had one offer on the house. It was a respectful offer. But, we haven't had the realtor's tour, open house, etc. So, we thought we would see what occurs. We are also boxing the things we want to take with us. It helps to stage the place so that people can see themselves in this place a little easier. I am going to post pictures of our house and yard in my SP blog today so that you can check it out if you want to. The rhodie hedge is in full bloom, other rhodies are coming on. It is so peaceful. Enjoy. I am feeling better, for the most part. And, I have been getting trail time too. Just have to post all at once because of everything else that's going on! http://www.barrowdowns.com/walktorivendell.php 5/4: 2.1 5/3: 2.6 5/2: 2.3 5/1: 1.9 4/30: 1.4 4/29: 2.6 4/28: 1.6 4/27: 1.3 Total: 15.8 Total Miles 26.6 miles You have walked 26.6 miles. You have passed Green Hill Country. It is 0.4 miles to the next landmark. You have 431.4 miles to reach Rivendell. After some time they crossed the Water, west of Hobbiton, by a narrow plank-bridge. The stream was there no more than a winding black ribbon, bordered with leaning alder-trees. A mile or two further south they hastily crossed the great road from the Brandywine Bridge; they were now in the Tookland and bending south-eastwards they made for the Green Hill Country.   
Edited by: TUDI4480 at: 5/5/2013 (00:32)
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Solvitur Ambulando:
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5/3: 2 miles
Total: 128 miles
You have walked 128 miles.
You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil.
It is 4 miles to the next landmark.
You have 330 miles to reach Rivendell.
The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
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LADY....yes the weather is gorgeous here. hope none of you got hit with the latest snow storm.... we're still warmish here. I exercise now by an open window and love it!! 5/1: 2 miles 5/2:0 Total: 16 miles You have walked 126 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 6 miles to the next landmark. You have 332 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
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5/2 4 miles :) Happy walking everyone--Hope you are getting good walking weather in your corner of the world. We are in the NorthWest US! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have walked 35 miles. You have passed Black Rider Stopping Place. It is 11 miles to the next landmark. You have 422 miles to reach Rivendell. The other two ran quickly to the left and down into a little hollow not far from the road. There they lay flat. Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was struggling with his desire to hide. The sound of hoofs drew nearer. Just in time he threw himself down in a patch of long grass behind a tree that overshadowed the road. Then he lifted his head and peered cautiously above one of the great roots.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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4/29 - 2 5/1 - 2 5/2 - 5 You have walked 631 miles. You have passed High Vantage Point. It is 29 miles to the next landmark. You have 291 miles to reach Caras Galadon. South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps.
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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217.75+2.1=219.85 You have walked 219.85 miles. You have passed The eastern edge of the Midgewater Marshes. It is 8.15 miles to the next landmark. You have 238.15 miles to reach Rivendell. They had not gone far on the fifth day when they left the last straggling pools and reed-beds of the marshes behind them. The land before them began steadily to rise again. Away in the distance eastward they could now see a line of hills. The highest of them was at the right of the line and a little separated from the others. It had a conical top, slightly flattened at the summit. 'That is Weathertop,' said Strider. 'The Old Road, which we have left far away on our right, runs to the south of it and passes not far from its foot. We might reach it by noon tomorrow, if we go straight towards it. I suppose we had better do so.
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Thanks for the May Day flowers Melody!! Only 1 mile yesterday... fro 31 total; 15 to go to next Landmark....
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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4/30: 2 miles Total: 124 miles You have walked 124 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 8 miles to the next landmark. You have 334 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 5/3/2013 (08:11)
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catching up my log; a new landmark! :) 4/26 1.5 4/27 2 4/28 4 You have walked 30 miles. You have passed Black Rider Stopping Place. It is 16 miles to the next landmark. You have 428 miles to reach Rivendell. The other two ran quickly to the left and down into a little hollow not far from the road. There they lay flat. Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was struggling with his desire to hide. The sound of hoofs drew nearer. Just in time he threw himself down in a patch of long grass behind a tree that overshadowed the road. Then he lifted his head and peered cautiously above one of the great roots.
Remember...One Choice At a Time!
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4/29: 2 miles Total: 122 miles You have walked 122 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 10 miles to the next landmark. You have 336 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 5/1/2013 (08:04)
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215.68+2.07= 217.75 You have walked 217.75 miles. You have passed The eastern edge of the Midgewater Marshes. It is 10.25 miles to the next landmark. You have 240.25 miles to reach Rivendell. They had not gone far on the fifth day when they left the last straggling pools and reed-beds of the marshes behind them. The land before them began steadily to rise again. Away in the distance eastward they could now see a line of hills. The highest of them was at the right of the line and a little separated from the others. It had a conical top, slightly flattened at the summit. 'That is Weathertop,' said Strider. 'The Old Road, which we have left far away on our right, runs to the south of it and passes not far from its foot. We might reach it by noon tomorrow, if we go straight towards it. I suppose we had better do so.
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4/28: 2 miles Total: 120 miles You have walked 120 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 12 miles to the next landmark. You have 338 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 4/30/2013 (08:18)
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4/25 - 2 4/26 - 2 4/27 - 1 4/28 - 5 You have walked 622 miles. You have passed High Vantage Point. It is 38 miles to the next landmark. You have 300 miles to reach Caras Galadon. South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. Paths were few and winding, and led them often only to the edge of some sheer fall, or down into treacherous swamps.
Hope - to anticipate what God has promised He will do.
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4/27: 2 miles Total: 118 miles You have walked 118 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 14 miles to the next landmark. You have 340 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 4/29/2013 (08:39)
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4/26: 2 miles Total: 116 miles You have walked 116 miles. You have passed The House of Tom Bombadil. It is 16 miles to the next landmark. You have 342 miles to reach Rivendell. The grass under their feet was smooth and short, as if it had been mown or shaven. The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The path was now plain before them, well-tended and bordered with stone. It wound up on to the top of a grassy knoll, now grey under the pale starry night; and there, still high above them on a further slope, they saw the twinkling lights of a house. Down again the path went, and then up again, up a long smooth hillside of turf, towards the light. Suddenly a wide yellow beam flowed out brightly from a door that was opened. There was Tom Bombadil's house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night.
Edited by: MELODY525 at: 4/28/2013 (09:52)
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Have a Wonderful Weekend Trekkers! Onward we go. The adventure continues. http://www.barrowdowns.com/walktorivendell.php 4/21/2013: 1.8 miles 4/22/2013: 1.7 4/24/2013: 2.0 4/25/2013: 1.7 Total Miles 10.8 miles You have walked 10.8 miles. You have passed Last View of Hobbiton. It is 7.2 miles to the next landmark. You have 447.2 miles to reach Rivendell. As they began to climb its first slopes they looked back and saw the lamps in Hobbiton far off twinkling in the gentle valley of the Water. Soon it disappeared in the folds of the darkened land, and was followed by Bywater beside its grey pool. When the light of the last farm was far behind, peeping among the trees, Frodo turned and waved a hand in farewell.  
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Kelly Corrigan
Solvitur Ambulando:
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