Next day, after an excess of tidying and cleaning at the batch (we were scolded by the owner - we'd done too good a job), we headed for Matamata and Hobbiton. We were in a hurry to get there otherwise we would have stopped for photos. The view of the Matamata plain from the top was another that you need to stand and stare at.
Once in Matamata, you couldn't miss it had something to do with Lord of the Rings.
Even the information Office had a round entrance.
We were very excited (at least I was) as we bought our tickets and given directions to The Shire's Rest. The sun was blazing down and there was hardly a cloud. A perfect day to take four hundred and eighty six photos of Hobbit holes.
Note the document attached to the ticket. It tells us we can take photos but 'You must keep what you see and hear strictly confidential'. I've already signed the official secrets act!
So, as I cannot show you Hobbiton, use your imagination. Imagine in this photo, taken not far from The Shire's Rest, there are Hobbit holes, chimneys sticking out from the ground, hobbits tending gardens etc. Alternatively, go and watch Lord of the Rings.
So now we have come full circle.
Here we are again at The Shire's Rest
and here's my 'second breakfast washed down with 'SobeRing Thought' which, considering it was only 1%, was really rather good. It doesn't look very 'stout' but it tastes like one.
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