Tolkien slept here

[wellinghall]

"The area is full of surprises, and it inspired JRR Tolkien to write his Lord of the Rings trilogy as he was a student at the local Jesuit Stonyhurst College (which looks like a real-life Hogwarts)."
http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/travel/itrsquos-grins-up-north-2296005.html

"Tolkien was also struck by the beauty of the moorland near Otley, which some say he used as a setting for the opening of The Silmarillion, a prequel to The Lord of the Rings."
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Yorkshire-Diary-On-the-trail.6464464.jp

At last! Someone else who realises what tripe some people talk!
"In the true tradition of boosting your profile – apparently Tolkien used to visit the Forest of Dean, therefore he must have visited Puzzlewood which gave him the idea of Fangorn Forest…. tenuous at best – but still a great place to go (especially if you’ve got kids)."
http://oranjball.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/puzzle-wood/

Comments

[gurthaew.livejournal.com]

If you are ever stuck for a talk, how about "The Secret Life Of Tolkien" and cover all the places that he "visited" that gave him the inspiration for thia, that and the other.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe Oxonmoot 2011 ...

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

LOL at the twat who thought he was a student at Stonyhurst; even the buffoons there don't claim that.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I know, the tripe some people come up with.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the Yorkshire moors ... the formless void ... I can see that ...