You may guess our next stop, it was Hobbiton!
Yes we took a trip to Alexander Farm and into the only place left in New Zealand to actually have parts of the movie set remaining. After feeding the sheep their breakfast (one sheep unfortunately had a cold and left sheep snot all over my hand...not pretty) we set out into the real Lord of the Rings country with its bright blue clear skies, rolling green hills and lots of sheep, so many sheep as far as the eye could see! We arrived at the Hobbiton set where all the hobbits live hidden amongst all the hills except there was no hobbits left but after going in the 17 hobbit holes that remained; I just know my mum would fit very comfortably in one of them, being a little hobbit herself!
It was great to hear about what lengths Peter Jackson (the director) would go to for perfection when filming, also about where the stars hung out and we walked along the trail Gandalf took when he first visited Bilbo at the start of the film! Plus so much more! We were even given a tiny, teeny, wheeny polystyrene part of the bridge set (I'm thinking ebay) and then had time to dance on the Party Field (like crazy fools) and hug the hobbit's Party Tree before returning to the Shire's Rest for lunch! It was great fun for crazy film fans such as we are!
You may guess our next stop, it was Hobbiton! 
Yes we took a trip to Alexander Farm and into the only place left in New Zealand to actually have parts of the movie set remaining. After feeding the sheep their breakfast (one sheep unfortunately had a cold and left sheep snot all over my hand...not pretty) we set out into the real Lord of the Rings country with its bright blue clear skies, rolling green hills and lots of sheep, so many sheep as far as the eye could see! We arrived at the Hobbiton set where all the hobbits live hidden amongst all the hills except there was no hobbits left but after going in the 17 hobbit holes that remained; I just know my mum would fit very comfortably in one of them, being a little hobbit herself!
It was great to hear about what lengths Peter Jackson (the director) would go to for perfection when filming, also about where the stars hung out and we walked along the trail Gandalf took when he first visited Bilbo at the start of the film! Plus so much more! We were even given a tiny, teeny, wheeny polystyrene part of the bridge set (I'm thinking ebay) and then had time to dance on the Party Field (like crazy fools) and hug the hobbit's Party Tree before returning to the Shire's Rest for lunch! It was great fun for crazy film fans such as we are!
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