[raelynn48601]

Hi,

I need help. I am trying to find out, how long it will take to reach a certain destination.

I need to know how many days it will take to reach these points:

Morannon to Dagorland
Dagorland to Wilderland
Wilderland to The Brownlands
The Brownlands to Mirkwood

This information is needed for my story that I am writing. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Lynn

[NeumeIndil]

Try this link for a start:
http://www.theoriginalseries.com/traveltimes.htm

A group of avid riders have figured out the approximate milage and time for travel to a lot of destinations in M.E. I don't know if your departure and arrival points specifically are listed there, but it's at least worth looking at.

Hope that helps,
Neume

[raelynn48601]

Okay thanks. I had been to that site. It did not necessarily give me what I needed. It only gave me a portion of my travel. I may have to study it along with a map.

Lynn

[Rhapsody]

Atlas of Middle Earth by Karin Fonstadt is a very valuable add on to a books collection, that should answer your questions with the site Sulriel & Co made.

[Sulriel]

[quote="raelynn48601"]Okay thanks. I had been to that site. It did not necessarily give me what I needed. It only gave me a portion of my travel. I may have to study it along with a map.

Lynn[/quote]

Hello Lynn.

I'm sorry the Travel Times didn't have all the journey legs that you needed. If you can look at a map and figure out the aproximate distances and the type of terrian your characters are traveling, you should be able to figure an estimate using similar type journeys that are listed or by doing the daily miles math using the notes at the top of the page.

If you get stuck on a leg, feel free to PM or email me privately, I don't typically frequent the forums, I just happened to browse through and see this thread.


Becky

[Rhapsody]

Sulriel,

I was wondering last week... are you ever going to do the same for Beleriand? I use your site so often and I try to recommend your site as much as I can (including Rohirrim Grey), but I was hoping you would do the same for authors who write mainly Silmarillion stories...

[Sulriel]

[quote="Rhapsody"]Sulriel,
I was wondering last week... are you ever going to do the same for Beleriand? I use your site so often and I try to recommend your site as much as I can (including Rohirrim Grey), but I was hoping you would do the same for authors who write mainly Silmarillion stories...[/quote]

Probably not. It was an awful lot of work (so I'm always especially pleased to hear that people are getting the use out of it). Blue Iris, who I haven't talked to in ages, did the routes, and I did the horseback time, ErinRua did most of the pack and wagon information. I can't imagine trying to do something so involved on my own.

I'm glad I did it and always appreciate the warm feeling to know someone's used it. Not to say it won't ever happen, but I don't anticipate taking the time to do another one in view of the other projects I have going on.

the format and coding was problematic for me which is why it doesn't get updated when new routes are questioned. I don't know enough about coding, but it doesn't display correctly in any of the archives that I'm aware of which is why it's only on the one page - which I'm fine with, but I do appreciate links on to it from any Tolkien resource pages.


Becky

[raelynn48601]

I just want to thank those that have responding to my post. Any help is greatly appreciated. Becky, if I get stuck I will definitely give you a pm.

Lynn

[Rhapsody]

[Sulriel]

[quote="Rhapsody"]
Too bad Becky, but it's good to read that the good & positive vibes regarding this piece of hard work does come across. Also, it must be encouraging to see how much your page is used, how many would love to see an expansion and.. well didn't this piece won the first spot in the non-fiction category of the MEFA's. To all three of you: an awesome job! [/quote]

Yes, it did well in the MEFAs and I was delighted to hear from several new readers that I hadn't talked to before. It does routinely get a good number of hits and that more than anything - to see the ongoing use of the page itself - is most rewarding to me.

Becky