Miradan
Rivendell
Good morning, fellow travellers! I trust all your walks are going well. I’m thisclose to reaching Edoras with Theoden’s funeral procession, should be there sometime in the next few days, if the weather cooperates. Unusual autumn has been giving way to rain, so who knows what I’ll be able to do. Where are all of you in Middle Earth?
One of my favorite songs, from FOTR, “Three is Company”:
Upon the hearth the fire is red.
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky.
Pass them by! Pass them by!
It always makes adventuring sound like so much fun! Little did they know what they were going to find on the Road.
Don’t forget to update your mileage on the Shields page. Be sure to keep a paper record of your miles, as there is always the potential for the Shields page to crash (again). And see you in Rivendell!!!!
Explanatory note: The Eowyn Challenge/ Walk to Rivendell (and beyond) is a LOTR-related fitness walk thingy that began in March 2003, and that has been going on with walkers around the world ever since. The idea is to keep track of your mileage as you walk, and soon you will find yourself traversing the 458 miles to Rivendell. The walk is open to all. Keeping a goal date in mind can be useful for some, others are happy taking the scenic route and getting to Rivendell eventually. The website for the Walk explains things far more coherently than I can; please check out the link below, especially the main page and the Walk page. Lots of useful links, including wonderful mileage charts compiled by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, can be found on the Tools page.
The TORn Walk to Rivendell thread can usually be found right here on Main, on Thursday mornings.
Walk to Rivendell: http://www.eowynchallenge.net
One of my favorite songs, from FOTR, “Three is Company”:
Upon the hearth the fire is red.
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky.
Pass them by! Pass them by!
It always makes adventuring sound like so much fun! Little did they know what they were going to find on the Road.
Don’t forget to update your mileage on the Shields page. Be sure to keep a paper record of your miles, as there is always the potential for the Shields page to crash (again). And see you in Rivendell!!!!
Explanatory note: The Eowyn Challenge/ Walk to Rivendell (and beyond) is a LOTR-related fitness walk thingy that began in March 2003, and that has been going on with walkers around the world ever since. The idea is to keep track of your mileage as you walk, and soon you will find yourself traversing the 458 miles to Rivendell. The walk is open to all. Keeping a goal date in mind can be useful for some, others are happy taking the scenic route and getting to Rivendell eventually. The website for the Walk explains things far more coherently than I can; please check out the link below, especially the main page and the Walk page. Lots of useful links, including wonderful mileage charts compiled by the late Karen Wynn Fonstad, can be found on the Tools page.
The TORn Walk to Rivendell thread can usually be found right here on Main, on Thursday mornings.
Walk to Rivendell: http://www.eowynchallenge.net
