Perhaps Gandalf would have decided to take things as they came along. Based on what happened to the Fellowship, and where they were, he would have made plans to travel. In the case of the Fellowship, I'd think it would be hard to have a travel itinerary etched in stone before setting out, because unexpected things happen, that could overthrow plans.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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