220 miles.
Jul. 3rd, 2010 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltd220 miles. I have ridden to Nashville. I have ridden almost to St. Louis. The definitive distance is Home (Kansas City) to Rolla MO, which will always be my 200 mile measure.
But on the map of Middle Earth:
You have walked 220 miles.
You have passed The eastern edge of the Midgewater Marshes.
It is 8 miles to the next landmark.
You have 238 miles to reach Rivendell.
They had not gone far on the fifth day when they left the last straggling pools and reed-beds of the marshes behind them. The land before them began steadily to rise again. Away in the distance eastward they could now see a line of hills. The highest of them was at the right of the line and a little separated from the others. It had a conical top, slightly flattened at the summit.
'That is Weathertop,' said Strider. 'The Old Road, which we have left far away on our right, runs to the south of it and passes not far from its foot. We might reach it by noon tomorrow, if we go straight towards it. I suppose we had better do so.
But on the map of Middle Earth:
You have walked 220 miles.
You have passed The eastern edge of the Midgewater Marshes.
It is 8 miles to the next landmark.
You have 238 miles to reach Rivendell.
They had not gone far on the fifth day when they left the last straggling pools and reed-beds of the marshes behind them. The land before them began steadily to rise again. Away in the distance eastward they could now see a line of hills. The highest of them was at the right of the line and a little separated from the others. It had a conical top, slightly flattened at the summit.
'That is Weathertop,' said Strider. 'The Old Road, which we have left far away on our right, runs to the south of it and passes not far from its foot. We might reach it by noon tomorrow, if we go straight towards it. I suppose we had better do so.
