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Walk to Rivendell... and Beyond! January 7

grammaboodawg Immortal Jan 7, 5:40pm Views: 1612 Walk to Rivendell... and Beyond! January 7 Greetings Fellow Walkers! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :D How have you come through the Holidays? I hope any travelling you were doing was here in our Rivendell Walk and that you weren't actually sitting in an airport or in a car parked with others on major highways. What an incredible start to the New Year! How are you coming along on your Quest? I hope you're doing things to accumulate mileage that you enjoy and find easy to keep doing. Do you have any new goals, or are you focusing on an on-going target? Whatever you have going on, remember that it's YOUR choice and YOUR control and YOUR achievement. Feel free to share your journey here where we're in the same boat (don't tell Sam!) and understand how unique each Quest is :) Best of luck and wishing you success in whatever it is and however you progress! My new normal is shoveling snow! We've had some hum-dinger wind storms over the past few weeks! At least one a week since before Christmas with sustained winds up to 50mph with gusts of 65mph. Living in the country surrounded by open fields, I tend to get hammered pretty well! What has surprised me is that we didn't have any power outages from downed trees, branches and power lines. A quick blackout here and there, but nothing bad at all. Thank Goodness! I have food, water, fireplace, full tank of gas, and lots of non-electrical activities to keep me busy. Meanwhile back in Middle-earth, the remaining Fellowship and I have FINALLY made it past the Argonath and are parked on Parth Galen... Rauros roaring away right over there. I thought once we got here that things would calm down a bit. But it's getting intense now that decisions about what everyone wants to do need to be made. Some want to go here and some want to go there... and the hobbits would just like to go home ;) I know I do!!! Take care... and I'll see you on the Road! *waves fondly* We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar

grammaboodawg Immortal Jan 20, 3:20pm Views: 1261 Walk to Rivendell... and Beyond! January 20 Greetings Fellow Walkers! I hope you're enjoying your Walk in whatever form it takes :) Getting up and about is the main goal of our Rivendell jaunts, so enjoy the freedom of gathering your mileage in the best way for you on any given day. Now... in how many areas of your life do you have that kind of freedom? ;) Do tell how you're coming along and what your goal is and your motivation? Is the start of a New Year something you use as a reset button? I admit it's one of mine. Plus, being winter and very cold out, my happiest activities of being out in my yard working or walking around the (4-mile) block of my country roads aren't available. How about you? Has your activity changed with the season? Meanwhile back in Middle-earth, our respite on Parth Galen has not gone well. The Fellowship has been broken by an attack of Saruman's orcs; but it really began to break when Frodo ran off to escape Boromir, Aragorn ended up at Amon Hen, Legolas and Gimli were running to find Frodo as were Merry and Pippin in a different direction... I wonder if they would have fought off the attack if they'd all been together on the beach? hmmmmm.... Well, take care and have fun on your Quest! *waves fondly* See you on the Road! We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar (This post was edited by grammaboodawg on Jan 20, 3:22pm)

BlackFox Half-elven Jan 26, 5:49pm Views: 1158 I did it! I travelled around the world! I walked/cycled/etc 40,075 km (or 24,901 mi), the circumference of the Earth, in 2,567 days, beginning on 3 January 2015 and finishing on 12 January 2022. Seven years and ten days! What a journey it's been! Thank you, gramma, for introducing me to this wonderful challenge! It's become such a natural part of my life, adding up the numbers every night. Since reaching my goal, I've added another 252 km (or 157 mi) to my total. Don't ask me, where I'm going -- I don't know! I guess I'm just strolling around for fun now, at least for the time being. Maybe I could join Frodo & Co for another trip across Middle-earth, eh? We'll see... ;) Till then -- happy walking, everyone!

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator Jan 27, 2:05am Views: 1145 Congratulations! That is an amazing achievement! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"

grammaboodawg Immortal Jan 27, 1:07pm Views: 1102 WOW!!! :D Well Done!!!!!   The Quest Is DONE!!! You've made it around the world!!! That is the most incredible achievement YET! *bows deeply* I can't stop this massive smiling! Oh geez, BlackFox. Thank you for hanging in there and letting us share in your HUGE ACHIEVEMENT! Now you can go wherever you want! You've earned it! :D *MASSIVE HUG* We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar

Kimi Forum Admin / Moderator Jan 27, 10:59pm Views: 1095 What a wonderful achievement! Congratulations, BlackFox! I only came across your journey relatively recently, but I've very much enjoyed following along from home. Enjoy your next adventure! The Passing of Mistress Rose My historical novels Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there? - A Room With a View

BlackFox Half-elven Jan 28, 11:08am Views: 1054 Cheers! //

BlackFox Half-elven Jan 28, 11:09am Views: 1053 Thank YOU! //

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grammaboodawg Immortal Feb 3, 3:36pm Views: 925 Walk to Rivendell... and Beyond! February 3 Greetings Fellow Walkers! I hope you're doing well and enjoying your Quest. Today finds a HUGE part of the U.S... from Texas to Maine... either digging out from the second massive snowstorm this past week (still falling today) or the southern part of the storm bringing crippling ice. So I'll bet there's more than a few of us wearing out our snow shovels and enjoying the freezing temps ;) Come on... it puts colour in your cheeks and gathers bunches of mileage for your journey :D My favourite part is the warm sweats and hot chocolate at the end of the effort. Our Southern Hemi sibbies are enjoying summer weather. T'is the time of the year when we have extreme opposites of temps... which always fascinates me :D What sort of action are you doing right now in your part of the world to gather mileage? Walking in the warm sunshine or working in the garden... or are you throwing snow? Hopefully there are many of you in a comfy place in-between :D Do tell if you have a target you're working towards during your Walk. I wanna lose 10 pounds! Very un-glorious, but very much a plague and a nuisance in my world ;) Meanwhile back in Middle-earth, the Fellowship has split up, but their spirits and dedication is not broken. I've snuck into the crowd carrying Merry and Pippin to Isengard. What a gross bunch of beings abusing our wonderful hobbits. This is where Merry and especially Pippin's spirits, resourcefulness and strength are really growing. Do tell on how you're doing :) Take care, stay safe, and I'll see you on the Road! We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar (This post was edited by grammaboodawg on Feb 3, 3:37pm)

grammaboodawg Immortal Feb 18, 4:06am Views: 562 Walk to Rivendell... and Beyond! February 17 Greetings Fellow Walkers! We've made it halfway through February!! So much closer to warmer weather in the Northern Hemi and cooler weather in the Southern Hemi :) The change of seasons is always an adventure of what comes next. Do you like to find yourself looking forward to the weather change? I hope you're enjoying your Quest... whatever it may be. Getting in some winter sports, walking, *shudder* cleaning... there are so many ways to gather up your mileage. I really should be *urp* cleaning the basement again; but I'm having too much fun working on an indoor project. Sadly, there's not a whole lot of chances to get a good workout at the computer, so I'm visiting the treadmill as often as I remember to ;) So do tell on how you're coming along and what your goal is. Then again, taking it a day at a time is just as productive! Back in Middle-earth, the Fellowship has kind of splattered all over the place in different directions; but we all are doing our best to find each other again and save the world! Stay safe... and I'll see you on the Road! We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar

JRandomRohirrim01 The Shire Mar 2, 3:41am Views: 247 Hi Gramma! (Yet More "Walk to Rivendell") I'm surprised I haven't been here in so long! ANYWAY...One good habit I've picked up over the last 9 years has been to increase my walking. By 2019, I was averaging 6 miles a day, but I only managed that for a year. I'm hoping to be back to averaging 5 miles a day this year. Since the beginning of 2012, when I started tracking my walking, I've walked an extra 14,600 miles. I've probably done the circumference of Middle Earth!

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator Mar 2, 1:11pm Views: 219 Wow! That number of miles is amazing! I'll let gramma figure out how many "Walks" that is, that you've done. And by the way - great to see you here again, it has indeed been a long time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"

grammaboodawg Immortal Mar 2, 3:20pm Views: 217 *flying tackle hug* HI!!! OH WOW!!!! You have done the Quest proud! It's so great to see you and find you safe, sound and on the move!!!!!! :D WELL DONE! It's SO GREAT TO SEE YOU!!! We have been there and back again. Join the "Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project" TIME Google Calendar