While chatting with some of Neil’s friends during an after work beer we learned that Hobbiton ( the movie set with all the Hobbit Holes) was a short detour on our way back north, so we booked in to a hot springs campground near there, where we managed to get some much needed showers, use the laundry and Debbie got to soak in the springs. I meanwhile, set the glider up from its short pack box. It was living in the van and a royal pain, now it is in its flying configuration and on its new home on the roof.

The tour starts from the “Shire” where you take a bus for a few kilometers and then a guide takes you on a 2 hour tour around the movie set explaining the differences in them all and some other remarkable facts. The tour ends up in the Green Dragon pub (built after the movie and for the tours) where you can enjoy a fantastic local “craft” beer. A gallery of photos of the tour follows.