#brandywine bridge

[chronivore]

Brandywine Bridge

Brandywine Bridge

The Brandywine Bridge (S. Baranduiniant[1]), originally called the Bridge of Stonebows, was the largest and most useful artifact of ancient

[chronivore]

Brandywine Bridge, Baranduiniant; Bridge of Stonebows; Great Bridge

The Brandywine Bridge (S. Baranduiniant[1]), originally called the Bridge of Stonebows, was the largest and most useful artifact of ancient

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It is training to be a wizard on the Brandywine Bridge. ‘YOU SHALL NOT PASS’!

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Brandywine Bridge - China

[exileddurin]

We approached the edge of the Shire. All there was to do was cross the Brandywine Bridge. However, there was a guardhouse just before the bridge with quite an ornery Hobbit inside.

He stopped us and demanded we show him our traveling papers, looking suspicious of our group. He began inquiring as to where we were headed and for what purpose and why would such a small band of Dwarves be travelling through the Shire.

Gandalf rode to the front between us, introducing himself before aggressions rose. He made a show of calling Mr Baggins forward.

The Hobbit at the guardhouse quickly changed his attitude, proclaiming that he in fact knew Mr Baggins. The two chatted for a time before we were deemed acceptable to cross the bridge. Gandalf seemed quite pleased with himself.

[exileddurin]

Things have taken an unwanted turn.

The Brandywine Bridge Inn does not have enough space for all of us to have rooms to ourselves. The company is fine with pairing up but it leaves myself and Mr Baggins in a room together for the night.

We have tried asking Gandalf if he would consider having Mr Baggins stay with him. Gandalf presented instead a way for us to decide who will get their own room. In his hand were three straws, one longer than the others. We would each draw one and whomever has the longer straw gets the single room.

Of course, that damned wizard drew the longer straw.

Mr Baggins and I accepted this and went our separate ways; last I saw him he was asking the rest of the company if they would mind switching. I hope that one of them agrees.

[neverbythebook]

Brandywine Bridge checkpoint

8.05 kilometres into the Walk to Mordor challenge. 

1 January, 2013.

I first read about the Walk to Mordor challenge at the beginning of last year on Lyndon Riggall's blog and marched my way through most of the challenge in 2012. It was going really well, and I was ahead of schedule for ages, until I decided that I was doing so well that I should walk the extra 600 or so kilometres down the River Anduin during a really difficult semester of uni, while dealing with a worsening wrist injury and the start of NaNoWriMo. That was a bit silly. 

Anyway, I got up to the 'Henneth Annun' checkpoint, which was about 400 kilometres from the end. And I've decided to start from the beginning in 2013 and see how much better I can do.

I'll be doing some cycling as well, on a little exercise bike I got for Christmas, which is helping me build up my stamina after surgery. I'm pretty excited to start from scratch, and I'm positive I'll be done by the time the next installment of The Hobbit premieres in Australian cinemas on December 26.