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14 Wine Dine & Travel 2016 The visit is basically a guided walking tour through the set of the Shire, which, while not strenuous, involves a bit of a hike up and down hills with frequent stops at each Hobbit hole and key scene locations. Be sure and wear good walking shoes, high-heels definitely not recommended. We didn’t see any baby strollers or wheelchairs, so check the website if you have walking issues. The bus dropped us off in a parking lot surrounded by farmland with one side walled off by a small forest of trees and shrubs. We were led along a dirt path and through an opening where a 14- acre magical world appeared before our eyes. For as far as we could see, the Shire’s green hills
and valleys were dotted with 37 Hobbit houses, storybook gardens, and connecting narrow dirt paths. This was not Disneyland. There were no costumed characters roaming around or Magic Kingdom music being piped in from hidden speakers. We were in the Shire, just like the movie, only the Hobbits (and film crew) were away. Our affable guide took us from one wonderfully detailed home to another and began to tell the tale of Hobbiton. Even though the tours were time limited, our group didn’t feel rushed and we accommodated those who had to take their time climbing or descending a hill. The Hobbit houses looked inviting but were all false fronts with no interior except Bilbo’s hole where you could open the door into a small room cut out of the hill. We stopped at almost every Hobbit house where the guide would add a little tidbit of trivia about the movie or the set. There was plenty of opportunity to take pictures of each other and the group in front of our favorite movie Hobbit houses. It was the stuff of a fantasy – a story of a relatively prosperous Top: Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins (pictured) in the film. He makes a humble hero out of the unadventurous hobbit plucked out of obscurity. Photos on this page courtesy New Line Cinema. Wine Dine & Travel 2016 15
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