In Search Of...Hobbit-like walking paths - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 11-25-2008, 02:35 PM

Actually, that second link makes me think of one thing only - the Firienfeld in Rohan! It's a dead ringer for what's inside my head.

If you want to see something that always makes me think of maybe the approach to Moria, then a walk to Gordale Scar is a good one:
http://www.walkingenglishman.com/dales17.htm

That's probably one of the most walked routes in the UK - I was taken on this one when I was a child and we ended up under a wall with the sheep, sheltering from a sudden thunderstorm. And here's a Romantic painting of said landscape beast:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:James_Ward_001.jpg

Though it's just like a garden feature to you Americans :P

Bêthberry · 11-25-2008, 03:01 PM

I think the issue, Lal, might be that us North Americans don't have the likes of The Quiet Woman pub to start us off on our hikes.

Those are great pictures, Helen, much more suitable than Mount Baker, which I first hiked as a young lass of eight, when my four year old brother climbed three feet up a tree and then couldn't get down.

By the by, Canada apparently has more lakes than the entire rest of the world combined, so I must find me some lake pictures that don't look like muskeg or moose meadow. Surely there are some.

Lalwendë · 11-25-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

I think the issue, Lal, might be that us North Americans don't have the likes of The Quiet Woman pub to start us off on our hikes.

Are you suggesting that beer consumption may have something to do with seeing sleeping dragons in the fields?

Raefindel · 12-16-2008, 01:10 AM

I have hiked on a trail on the Oregon coast that is actually called "The Hobbit Trail".

It is mossy and the bushes arch over the trail and form a "tunnel". It reminds me of the trails to the Withywindle.

Hobbit Trail

Lalwendë · 12-16-2008, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Raefindel

I have hiked on a trail on the Oregon coast that is actually called "The Hobbit Trail".

It is mossy and the bushes arch over the trail and form a "tunnel". It reminds me of the trails to the Withywindle.

Hobbit Trail

That beach is beautiful!

It reminded me of another cool Hobbity place to have a walk - around Robin Hood's Bay and Boggle Hole - the latter is in fact named after hobgoblins who live in the area (along with the very scary Barguest

). Most appropriate.

Here's a decent walk I found:

http://www.dalesman.co.uk/walks/robinhoods.htm

Alternatively you could just walk down the beach (at low tide only), looking in the rockpools on the way, and have a shorter walk but more time in the pub later and then you are guaranteed to see Hobgoblins.

Raefindel · 12-16-2008, 10:01 AM

Wow! Very Beautiful. Perhaps some day Helen and I will come and visit you there. We do love to hike together. Singing required, of course!

mark12_30 · 12-16-2008, 01:19 PM

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.

11-25-2008, 02:35 PM	#1
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Actually, that second link makes me think of one thing only - the Firienfeld in Rohan! It's a dead ringer for what's inside my head. If you want to see something that always makes me think of maybe the approach to Moria, then a walk to Gordale Scar is a good one: http://www.walkingenglishman.com/dales17.htm That's probably one of the most walked routes in the UK - I was taken on this one when I was a child and we ended up under a wall with the sheep, sheltering from a sudden thunderstorm. And here's a Romantic painting of said landscape beast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:James_Ward_001.jpg Though it's just like a garden feature to you Americans :P __________________ Gordon's alive!

11-25-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I think the issue, Lal, might be that us North Americans don't have the likes of The Quiet Woman pub to start us off on our hikes. Those are great pictures, Helen, much more suitable than Mount Baker, which I first hiked as a young lass of eight, when my four year old brother climbed three feet up a tree and then couldn't get down. By the by, Canada apparently has more lakes than the entire rest of the world combined, so I must find me some lake pictures that don't look like muskeg or moose meadow. Surely there are some. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

12-16-2008, 01:10 AM	#4
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	I have hiked on a trail on the Oregon coast that is actually called "The Hobbit Trail". It is mossy and the bushes arch over the trail and form a "tunnel". It reminds me of the trails to the Withywindle. Hobbit Trail __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

12-16-2008, 10:01 AM	#6
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	Wow! Very Beautiful. Perhaps some day Helen and I will come and visit you there. We do love to hike together. Singing required, of course! __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

12-16-2008, 01:19 PM	#7
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	...singing required... 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. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.