no doubt one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world.. - TopicsExpress



          

no doubt one of the most beautiful sceneries in the world.. Hogsback, Eastern Cape. Whether its inland or coastal..this land is amazing And yes...JJR Tolkien(actually born is RSA) was inspired by these woods. The Amatola Forest in the Hogsback area is often claimed as Tolkiens inspiration for The Lord of the Rings, in particular for his fictional forest of Mirkwood. The link between Tolkien and Hogsback would seem to be a back formation from the establishment in 1947 of Hobbiton on Hogsback, a holiday and educational camp for underprivileged children. This was ten years after the publication of The Hobbit which was a huge success and which would have inspired the camps founders as they set up in such an evocatively forested area.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:48:25 +0000

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