Posted: August 03, 2000 at 15:18:24: by Dave aka Don Quixote
: : While your figures are all correct, it does have one
: : assumption that is doesn't take into consideration. That is
: : the fact that while a single person can walk at about 3mph
: : (and that is an average, most people walk a wee bit slower)
: : when you get a group together, depending on the baggage that
: : has to be packed and unpacked and repacked and food stuffs and
: : clothes and horses and wagons and carts and so on and so
: : forth, the the travel would take longer, and significantly
: : so. Also, there wasn't a real rush to get anywhere, so Arwen
: : and company may have stayed in one place more than a single
: : night . . . you know, sight seeing and all! ;): I don't think Arwen steered a straight course, either. There should not have been any roads until they reached rohan, and even then the Wold doesn't seem to have had roads. But they may have come down through the mountains to avoid any loose bands of Orcs who might still have been running around. Isn't the bride supposed to turn up late??????
Don Q
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