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So, I know I haven't posted here for some time.
Consequentially, I know I owe some people posts about various topics...
This is not that post. Instead, this is a post (and a tag) for the beginning of a challenge I'm setting myself.
The Eowyn Challenge is a walking (or running, or riding, or however you feel up to the journey) challenge, to walk the distances described in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
I am going to be counting only distance rode on my bicycle, and those run, as I do a large amount of walking, and counting all that would probably get me there far quicker than I would expect to. Also, counting the distance for all my walking would get boring.
So, by the time we get to the release of The Hobbit part 2, I want to have completed the Bag End to Rivendell section of the journey described in The Hobbit.
On Wednesday last week, I went for a ride out to Harewood house (a local stately home) then round and back again, totalling 17.8 miles. This places me somewhere along the road, travelling at a leisurely pace towards Frogmorton.
I repeated the ride on Thursday, to bring my total to 35.6 miles, Sweeping through day 3 of their travels, passing their camp that night, and moving onwards slightly.
Then, on Monday, I went for a ride to a local town and back, for a total of 23.5 miles, bringing my total to 59.1 miles. I have swept through what remained of day 4, and all of day five, and on day 6, find myself approaching the Old Forest, east of Buckland, though safely on the road.
Consequentially, I know I owe some people posts about various topics...
This is not that post. Instead, this is a post (and a tag) for the beginning of a challenge I'm setting myself.
The Eowyn Challenge is a walking (or running, or riding, or however you feel up to the journey) challenge, to walk the distances described in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
I am going to be counting only distance rode on my bicycle, and those run, as I do a large amount of walking, and counting all that would probably get me there far quicker than I would expect to. Also, counting the distance for all my walking would get boring.
So, by the time we get to the release of The Hobbit part 2, I want to have completed the Bag End to Rivendell section of the journey described in The Hobbit.
On Wednesday last week, I went for a ride out to Harewood house (a local stately home) then round and back again, totalling 17.8 miles. This places me somewhere along the road, travelling at a leisurely pace towards Frogmorton.
I repeated the ride on Thursday, to bring my total to 35.6 miles, Sweeping through day 3 of their travels, passing their camp that night, and moving onwards slightly.
Then, on Monday, I went for a ride to a local town and back, for a total of 23.5 miles, bringing my total to 59.1 miles. I have swept through what remained of day 4, and all of day five, and on day 6, find myself approaching the Old Forest, east of Buckland, though safely on the road.