THE HOBBIT - Jan 2014

Films generally come to our local town about 3 months after they have been released. The Hobbit, however arrived quite quickly and we went to see it at the beginning of January. This coincided with us taking a walk up the nearby mountains on probably the only decent day we have had over the festive season. 

When walking in this area, it's easy to feel like little hobbits in a vast relentless landscape, and difficult not to make comparisons with the treks which Bilbo & his friends took. (My apologies to those of you who haven't seen the films/read the book)

Spot the hobbits!

There are views over Mirkwood

and possible sightings of Gimli?

A solitary raven circling overhead resembles a screeching Nazgul

We even have our very own Weathertop

The real Weathertop

We have located Gandalf's white horse along with those belonging to the rest of the crowd . . .

. . . including Bilbo's

Bird tracks in the mud resemble Elvish writings

In November we have our own Durin's Day - our last sun until February!

And as for Smaug living under the mountains ... well who knows where the Welsh dragon lies!!!

Red blurry dot indicates roughly where we live

Next blog - Goats, and sheep . . . AGAIN!