The Shire!! (with pictures!!) Double Whammy!!

Oh my Lord - I've figured out how to put pictures onto the blog!! How excited am I?!! And how fitting that the first picture should be of the shire!! I don't know if I can write anymore I'm so darn excited!! Be sure there will be many more pictures to come!! Ok, enough exclamation marks. So, there you see it - The Shire. Bag End and Bagshot Row in all their glory. Yes my hobbits, that is where we have been today. It was a magnificent day of sunshine and the most amazing scenery. If only I could have figured out the picture thing sooner you could see so much more. But you will, you will. (seriously I am so excited I am finding it difficult to sit here and type). Anyhoo. I can't describe how ace it was to see the shire for real, and I can't wait to watch the films again so we can see the sacred ground on which we have trodden. There was the party tree, and the lake, and there were markers where certain things had been filmed - such as the much quoted scene of sam and frodo leaving the shire (Sam "This is it", Frodo "What?", Sam "If I take one more step, it'll be the furthest from home i've ever been", Frodo "Come on Sam. Remember what Bilbo used to say.." etc etc). Don't worry we did our own interpretation!! After our tour, which lasted about 2 hours, we went back to 'The Shire Rest' where I tasted the beer made specially for the movie (Sobering, 1% alcohol!!). Ah man it was ace!! Better go, not much time left. Love to all. Kt xx