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[COYBL25]

Join me as we go along the Tolkien Way from Cromwell's Bridge to the Shireburn. (Copyright & blocked in 2 regions - you know where!)

J.R.R. Tolkien spent significant time at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire during the 1940s, visiting his son John, who was training for the priesthood there during WWII. He wrote parts of The Lord of the Rings while staying at New Lodge and drew inspiration from the local Ribble Valley landscape, influencing names like Shire Lane.

The landscape around Hurst Green and Stonyhurst is closely linked to The Lord of the Rings. Local landmarks, including the River Shirebourn (River Ribble) and Cromwell Bridge, are believed to have influenced Middle-earth.

Tolkien was also known to spend time studying and writing in the Stonyhurst College library, which holds a rich collection of rare books and manuscripts, similar to what he would have used in Oxford.

People come from all over the world to walk the famous Tolkien Trail. To follow in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien himself and see how he was inspired by the beautiful landscape of Lancashire.



Paul.

I`m doing a run there in December !

 

[Bilbo]

I`m doing a run there in December !

Be careful at the 100 steps if you go through Old Hacking Woods near that bridge!!!

 

[COYBL25]

Be careful at the 100 steps if you go through Old Hacking Woods near that bridge!!!

That`s on the route !

 

[Bilbo]

That`s on the route !

Well trust me, there are 4 or 5 which are bit bigger than the rest, but as long as you look ahead you'll be good. Worry would be if youre going down them or up them!

 

[COYBL25]

Well trust me, there are 4 or 5 which are bit bigger than the rest, but as long as you look ahead you'll be good. Worry would be if youre going down them or up them!

I`m doing a run next weekend, in Scorton, starting off in the village, which will then take out me into the Forest of Bowland.

I`m not familiar with the area at all, having only previously run around Bisland Forest, any big hills I need to be aware of, as the course looks pretty flattish compared to most that I run on ?

 

[Bilbo]

Scorton is ok but Bowland is hilly everywhere. I flew round the Mermaid in the FOB not long back, you might be able to see some terrain in that video, but it may not be part of your route though as I think its about 7 miles to the village from where I was flying.

 

[COYBL25]

Scorton is ok but Bowland is hilly everywhere. I flew round the Mermaid in the FOB not long back, you might be able to see some terrain in that video, but it may not be part of your route though as I think its about 7 miles to the village from where I was flying.

Cheers Paul, I managed to find the route on someones Strava and it looks like the first and only really big climb, comes pretty much the moment you leave Scorton village, which is only 700ft, which is nothing to what I`m used to !

Scorton looks a pretty little place ?

 

[Bilbo]

Scorton? Yeah, its ok, typical little place, i dont pass through it often but the Mrs lived there as a kid. Nowt special.

 

[BlueInNZ]

Mt Taranaki, using my phone from an aeroplane so excuse the quality. It is a live volcano, last erupted 1775, and is sacred to Maori. Mrs B family are from nearby.

 

[malfosse]

 

[Seathestars]

Happy Birthday Sir David

 

[Seathestars]

Kestrel

 

[COYBL25]

Kestrel

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I’m booked in at the nature reserve at Seaforth Docks at the weekend, you’ve been haven’t you ?

 

[Seathestars]

I’m booked in at the nature reserve at Seaforth Docks at the weekend, you’ve been haven’t you ?

Yeah, it’s crap mate.
A 5 minute walk to each hide and that’s it.
Lots of cormorants if you like them.

 

[kev]

I’m booked in at the nature reserve at Seaforth Docks at the weekend, you’ve been haven’t you ?

What he said

Yeah, it’s crap mate.
A 5 minute walk to each hide and that’s it.
Lots of cormorants if you like them.

I went a few years back and wasn't impressed. Probably better in winter as they get a lot of migratory birds passing through.