The forests and hills between Bree and Rivendell have always resonated most for me (as well as Tom Bombadil's country). Whenever I read the Fellowship of the Ring, I'm seeing the Canadian Shield. Rocky outcropping, and lichen, and little flowers tucked into crevices, and spring run-off trickling in little streams down the hillside, and the tangled thickets, and the fog in the morning, and the ferns in the dark places under the trees...
And the bugs, too, of course. Midgewater! I'm positive those must be blackflies! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
I love this country and I can completely understand why a being like Tom Bombadil would settle in an environment like this.
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My favorite scene that never made it into the movie:
"By Elbereth and Luthien the fair," said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, "You shall have neither the Ring nor me!"
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