River Lune Source to Sea

[Witton Park]

Alan, well done! You didn't waste any time mulling over this one!
You should get Fell Hound to include this in the "Dig the Peat" pages of the Bowland FR website - he's already included Dunc E & Steve C's "Hodder Way"
Witton Park, I thought that the Hodder & Ribble valleys were Tolkein's inspiration; when visiting his son at Stoneyhurst?
As Karen has already mentioned there is also the "Ribble Way". Plus, who's up for the "Wyre Way"?

Gulf of Lune


Gulf of Lune
Physical Description
Type Gulf
Location Between Harlindon and Forlindon
Realm(s) Lindon, Mithlond
Description Arrowhead-shaped
General Information
Other names Gulf of Lhûn
Etymology Uncertain, see here
The Gulf of Lune was a sea-arm in the rough shape of an arrowhead that broke through the range of the Ered Luin into Eriador.

The Gulf of Lune, named after the river Lhûn or "Lune", was created during the War of Wrath when Beleriand was broken. At the location of Mount Dolmed and the Dwarven citadel of Nogrod, Belegaer broke through the mountains, creating the Gulf of Lune.

The remnant of Beleriand north of the gulf became known as Forlindon, and the part south of it as Harlindon. At the eastern end of the Gulf the Grey Havens were established, but smaller havens were established in Forlindon and Harlindon as well: Forlond and Harlond.

During the Second Age the ships of the Númenóreans first came to the Gulf of Lune to visit the Noldor and Sindar under Gil-galad who remained behind, and during the Third Age from it the ships of the Eldar passed away into the West.

[FellShoeShuffler]

Sounds like a good day out and you couldn't have picked a better autumn day. Nice one!

[wheezing donkey]

W.P. I stand corrected!!

[Alan Lucker]

Just in case anyone wants to read a bit more on this run, I have put a report on my blog here http://alanlucker.blogspot.com/2009/...ce-to-sea.html