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Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-16-2008, 11:38 AM

Oh silly me, yes, I know now... it's the other name for the Brandywine Bridge, is it? That's exactly my problem, I don't know the Shire toponymes in English

I know it as "The Bridge of Stone Arcs" or something like that, so I was all the time wondering what kind of place did you make up

littlemanpoet · 04-16-2008, 06:58 PM

The Stonebow Inn is on the west side of the Brandywine River, so the travelers are already across the Brandywine, on the west side; which means they're in the Shire proper (no longer in Buckland).

According to a detailed map I have, The Water empties into the Brandywine a mere mile north of the Great East Road, and may or may not be fordable, depending upon how creative we want to be. However, ten miles west of the Bridge, is the road to Budgeford, on which one passes over a bridge to cross The Water. Once through Budgeford, it's about a dozen miles to Scary, after which one can take the northeast road for about 2 miles to Quarry, which appears to be a village instead of an actual quarry, best as I can figure. North of Quarry one can cross over fields for about 15 miles and eventually come to Dwaling. North of Dwaling are The North Moors. However, just about 6 miles along the westward road out of Dwaling toward Long Cleeve is a little burg simply called "camp". That might be interesting. So there are some options. Notice that from the Great East Road to The North Moors it's a good 25 miles. That's 2 days' journey, especially for adventuresome and frolicking hobbits. Brown might get frustrated with the slow pace, I might imagine.

Valier · 04-17-2008, 08:37 AM

Ok I was going to post, but LMP's info changed it around a bit on me. So I was thinking of having us cross the way North and then stop us for the night. any objections to this let me know....I will post tonight hopefully or tomorrow morning..

Valier · 04-19-2008, 06:17 PM

sigh....sorry everyone. I've been very busy. I will try my hardest to get a post up soon. But really I need not be me that posts.....someone else can post. Actually I think others should post or it's going to be a very quiet trip.

littlemanpoet · 04-19-2008, 09:20 PM

I'll post a 'traveling" post, except I'm not sure what you meant in your last post here, about what direction we're traveling. Do you mean that we're going cross-country, or following the road to Budgeford, Quarry and Dwaling?

Valier · 04-20-2008, 01:09 AM

I guess we will follow the road across the river near bugeford then North from there. Does that sound right? Like you LMP suggested in your previous post.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-21-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Valier

I guess we will follow the road across the river near bugeford then North from there. Does that sound right? Like you LMP suggested in your previous post.

That means, through Whitfurrows, where the company turns northwards?

In any case, looks like I'd better gear up...

04-16-2008, 11:38 AM	#1
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Oh silly me, yes, I know now... it's the other name for the Brandywine Bridge, is it? That's exactly my problem, I don't know the Shire toponymes in English I know it as "The Bridge of Stone Arcs" or something like that, so I was all the time wondering what kind of place did you make up __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-17-2008, 08:37 AM	#3
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	Ok I was going to post, but LMP's info changed it around a bit on me. So I was thinking of having us cross the way North and then stop us for the night. any objections to this let me know....I will post tonight hopefully or tomorrow morning.. __________________ grand return?........

04-19-2008, 06:17 PM	#4
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	sigh....sorry everyone. I've been very busy. I will try my hardest to get a post up soon. But really I need not be me that posts.....someone else can post. Actually I think others should post or it's going to be a very quiet trip. __________________ grand return?........

04-20-2008, 01:09 AM	#6
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,706	I guess we will follow the road across the river near bugeford then North from there. Does that sound right? Like you LMP suggested in your previous post. __________________ grand return?........

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04-16-2008, 06:58 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	The Stonebow Inn is on the west side of the Brandywine River, so the travelers are already across the Brandywine, on the west side; which means they're in the Shire proper (no longer in Buckland). According to a detailed map I have, The Water empties into the Brandywine a mere mile north of the Great East Road, and may or may not be fordable, depending upon how creative we want to be. However, ten miles west of the Bridge, is the road to Budgeford, on which one passes over a bridge to cross The Water. Once through Budgeford, it's about a dozen miles to Scary, after which one can take the northeast road for about 2 miles to Quarry, which appears to be a village instead of an actual quarry, best as I can figure. North of Quarry one can cross over fields for about 15 miles and eventually come to Dwaling. North of Dwaling are The North Moors. However, just about 6 miles along the westward road out of Dwaling toward Long Cleeve is a little burg simply called "camp". That might be interesting. So there are some options. Notice that from the Great East Road to The North Moors it's a good 25 miles. That's 2 days' journey, especially for adventuresome and frolicking hobbits. Brown might get frustrated with the slow pace, I might imagine.

04-19-2008, 09:20 PM	#5
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I'll post a 'traveling" post, except I'm not sure what you meant in your last post here, about what direction we're traveling. Do you mean that we're going cross-country, or following the road to Budgeford, Quarry and Dwaling?