Part two. I want everyone to remember I’m a sophisticated man of the world…
… but there’s something ridiculously smile-inducing to find you’re staying in a hobbit home for a couple of nights before then going to Hobbiton.
There’s not much to be said about Hobbiton apart from it’s a film set, laid out in wonderful rolling countryside and if anything is evocative of a glorious old England as middle earth around Hobbiton is meant to be then this is it. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Each Hobbit home was set out for a specific trade, as you’ll gather below. Just click on a picture to be taken to the slide show
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- rather grand
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- nice rug; weaving hobbit
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- the cook
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- the greengrocer
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- bit arty
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- woodcutter hobbit
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- gardener hobbit
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- and over the hills and far away
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- neat
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- do I have to?
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- get on with it
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- we can all agree on that
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- Bilbo’
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- Bilbo’s view
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- Bilbo’s again
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- er which way is that mountain?
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- potter hobbit
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- trying to look small
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- Samwise’s home
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- fishmonger
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- embroidery hobbit
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- this way for the drink
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- Baggins beer
After this we strolled to the Green Dragon for beer. Here are a couple of pictures and videos.
Inside the Green Dragon no 1
No 2
No 3
The main entrance
And those videos
TanGental 
Amazing photography! What a ride š
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It’s been a challenge so far!
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Here’s wishing you a lot smoother ride ahead.
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Watch this space!
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Reblogged this on britestarlites3's Blog and commented:
A truly picturesque treat for all Hobbit aficionados out there: check this out! š
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Thank you for the re log. Sooo kind
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Not at all š it’s great! Just wondering.. if you’re into photo journalism, there’s a pretty great contest open with a deadline in February 2015. I blogged the link a few hours ago. It’s in honor of journalist Matthew Powers
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Thanks. I’ll have a look.
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Geoff, really enjoying following you on your travels… x
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Sooo glad. It’s been and continues to be fab
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Now I’m very jealous! The Hobbit was the book that got me into reading, followed by the Lord of the Rings. When I was young I was one of the smallest in my class, so I could relate very closely to the Hobbit’s plight and I often dreamt of visiting The Shire and Hobbiton.
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Soz but it is all you hoped it would be
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Dad read LOTR in the mid 60s and retold the stories to my brother and me. Like you I started with the hobbit; I can still remember the excitement of the escape in the barrels. Glad it triggered some nice memories.
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Geoff, this looks amazing! I am not even a Hobbit fan and I am jealous. I’m sure you are making all the Hobbit fans very envious. I didn’t realise that you could stay in the little homes. They look very small. I would love to see inside to see the comfort levels. The Green Dragon also looks pretty awesome, though I was surprised by the choice of song in the last video.
I am very impressed though at the technology you have added to this post. I’ll have some catching up to do! š
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Hey come on. This is the woman who’s moving her video library onto disc. Way ahead of me. And Soz if I misled. You can’t actually stay in hobbiton. I meant the night before in the burrow I posted in the last post.
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I probably misread! That burrow looked pretty awesome too! I’d like a peek inside.
I’m just using a machine to do that! Your video was pretty spectacular!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for these wonderful pics and videos…now I can say I’ve truly ‘been’ to Hobbiton and the Shire. I want to live here, is it expensive do you think? A few pennies? What an amazing time you are having Geoff…and like Norah, I’m soooooo jealous, haha š
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I thought of you by Bilbo’s door looking out over Hobbiton. It is so peaceful, so much part of its setting that unlike other experiences it feels like it has always been there.
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How utterly charming š
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This is so peaceful after the journey through the caves! An amazing set…so realistic of an imaginary place!
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I was pretty blown away. Often these things are Disney-esque, twee and unreal but this fitted right into the surroundings – it was like it had always been there, waiting to be discovered. Sort of like Manchu Pichu waiting for Hiram Bingham to wander into it.
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