{"id":5914,"date":"2017-04-26T20:42:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2017-04-26T20:44:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:44:44","slug":"whats-the-coming-over-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5914","title":{"rendered":"What’s That Coming Over The Hill?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Art<\/a><\/p>\n

The day had started in a rather odd fashion, I had awoken in the beautifully scenic setting of Dawn’s Promise<\/a> to find a mysterious note on my bedside table that simply said “Tolkien Day<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

\"Foxes\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Somewhat puzzled I wandered outside and found some foxes, keeping a close eye on them, the largest one sniffed me and said “Dwarfins now, Elves, Wizards, Hobbits, Humans, what is going on?”<\/p>\n

More than a tad alarmed and wondering how much mead I had actually drunk last night if talking foxes were on the scene I shrugged my shoulders.<\/p>\n

“Tolkien Day” implored the fox.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

I decided I needed to walk further afield, the rustic buildings and well placed bridges saw me journey in the direction of The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Well\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I could see in the distance that there was much activity, so I moved closer to see what was happening. All sorts of beings were preparing what looked like an unexpected party, fireworks, food, mead ….this looked interesting, so I moved closer.<\/p>\n

\"Dawn's<\/a><\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” I heard someone muttering.<\/p>\n

“You can’t say that!” someone else exclaimed.<\/p>\n

\"Waterfalls\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Someone turned towards me, how could she have seen me? “Aha” she said, “You got my note”. I realised that Sonya Marmurek was talking to me, I tried to hide once more but there was no getting away, no matter how much I protested that I didn’t want an adventure today, that I would invite her for tea, maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\"Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n

Alas it was to no avail, so today at 2pm SLT I may very well be at an unexpected party at The Hill to celebrate the work of author JRR Tolkien. I may be hiding on the bridge at Dawn’s Promise, but I shall probably be found lurking somewhere.<\/p>\n

\"Sonya<\/a><\/p>\n

Those who don’t want to join an unexpected party may instead want to join in with the many activities that The Literary Festival have arranged for today<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

\"Sonya<\/a><\/p>\n

Eleventy First, what sort of age is that, this wouldn’t happen in a mine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day had started in a rather odd fashion, I had awoken in the beautifully scenic setting of Dawn’s Promise to find a mysterious note on my bedside table that simply said “Tolkien Day“. Somewhat puzzled I wandered outside and found some foxes, keeping a close eye on them, the largest one sniffed me and … <\/p>\n

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