East Gate, Dimrill Dale and Nimrodel

 

 

After passing the end of the lake they came to the deep well which was the source of the Silverlode, and the path now ran down the right bank of the river. They rested where another stream joined the young river in a dell of fir trees still ‘only a few miles’ from the Gates, and went on for another three hours – say a further 10 miles – till they came to the Golden Wood. They were now 15 miles from the Gates. After another mile they came to the junction of the Nimrodel, wades across it and went up it, past the falls, till they found some trees where they proposed to sleep and were surprised by elves.

Incidentally, this was a day when the Hobbits managed to get two suppers. (Lothlorien,; Bk 1).

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