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Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 6:34 pm
by Rich H
Let's get the Major Oak:
And the Centre Tree out of the way first:
Yep, the Major Oak is so old and ancient it needs crutches to hold it up.
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 6:39 pm
by Rich H
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Mon May 02, 2016 11:08 pm
by zedturtle
Fun stuff!
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 6:25 pm
by Rich H
Glad you liked looking at them. I had fun yesterday though my feet are a bit sore today!
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:56 pm
by timb
Those are great Rich
Apologies for slowness in posting, I've been on a few journeys and I'm slowly catching up. Will post more info when I can, Mirdanis
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 5:34 am
by Majestic
Yeah, these are great, Rich! Thanks for sharing them!
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 11:26 am
by Rich H
No problem. I'm sure that last tree has a face in it!
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 9:51 pm
by mirdanis
Great pictures Rich, thanks for sharing!
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:40 am
by Finrod Felagund
This thread inspired me to visit the White Horse/Waylands Smithy yesterday. They're quite something & very atmospheric. They can get quite busy (maybe because it was a Bank holiday), but once you get off the Ridgeway and start heading south to Lambourn you're on your own apart from the Skylarks and Montagu's Harriers.
I did of course take with me my copy of LoTR:
"I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Can't a Hobbit walk from the Water to the River in peace?"
"But it is not your own Shire," said Gildor. "Others dwelt here before Hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when Hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."
"I know - and yet it has always seemed so safe and familiar."
Re: Trips to Tolkien - Wayland's Smithy & Uffington White Ho
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 2:49 pm
by Otaku-sempai
Finrod Felagund wrote:"I knew that danger lay ahead, of course; but I did not expect to meet it in our own Shire. Can't a Hobbit walk from the Water to the River in peace?"
"But it is not your own Shire," said Gildor. "Others dwelt here before Hobbits were; and others will dwell here again when Hobbits are no more. The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."
"I know - and yet it has always seemed so safe and familiar."
Good words to remember for those who feel that there is no adventure to be found within the Shire.
