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Tolkien’s Final Journey, and our final leg

The gravesite where the original Luthien and Beren lay is in Wolvercote Cemetery.

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Four Shire Stone and Warwick

Our sixth day in England on May 6 was already good, but made better when we saw how great our Airbnb was for the next two nights.

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An evening at the Beach House

A second evening spent with Derrick and Jackie was even better than the first one.

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Seven Lord of the Rings locations

This is a super movie nerd post, that you might want to skip on past if you are not all that interested in Lord of the Rings movies.

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Tekapo, Pukaki, Aoraki/Mt. Cook & Twizel

We saw film locations in this area, but this post is only about sights during our travels.

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Edoras, the capital of Rohan

The clouds lifted enough to reveal a magnificent valley before us.

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Daniel Reeve in Wellington

Meeting the calligrapher, cartographer, and artist Daniel Reeve was a highlight of our tour.

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A wise author

It is encouraging to have stumbled upon a reminder that my slow and painful method of healing myself is actually the right path to be on.

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