To the Ford
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The stretch between
the camp on the high ridge above the Troll-hole and the Ford took three
days and was a long and difficult one. On the first day Glorfindel
made them push on through the night and by the time they were allowed
5 hours rest they must have covered some 30 miles in all. The next day
they covered almost 20 miles and slept at a point where the road turned
right and started running down to the river. On the third day they went
downhill and passed through a deep cutting with tall pine trees before
the road ran out for ‘a long flat mile’ to the Ford. In all
they must have done over 70 miles in the three days. (Flight to the
Ford; Bk 1).
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