It's probably because the professor himself involved smoking a pipe so much. The Shire was an idyllic place, and to him (and I- a fellow pipe smoker) it would seem like heaven to spend days in The Shire, reading a book, playing in the grass before ending up in The Green Dragon to discuss the strange goings on in other lands! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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