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The Journey

From Bag End to the Breaking of the Fellowship and the roads that bring them together again.

Journey playback

Follow the coloured routes to see where the parties separate and meet. Change the date to watch the dots travel and the location boxes fill when a party stops there. Select a place to see its dates and links to readings during that stay.

Frodo and His Friends → Strider and the Hobbits The Company of the Ring Frodo and Sam The Three Hunters → The Grey Company → Heroes of the West Merry and Pippin → Gandalf and Pippin • Merry and the Rohirrim

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Coloured routes show the parties travelling between places. Changing the date moves travel dots along the routes and colours the boxes of places where parties are staying. Select a place to see its dates and reading links. THE JOURNEY BEGINS FRODO AND HIS FRIENDS STRIDER AND THE HOBBITS FRODO & SAM THE THREE HUNTERS MERRY & PIPPIN GANDALF & PIPPIN MERRY & THE ROHIRRIM MERRY Bag EndSEP 23 • DEPARTURE The House of Tom BombadilSEP 26 – 27 BreeSEP 29 WeathertopOCT 6 RivendellOCT 21 – DEC 24 MoriaJAN 13 – 15 LothlórienJAN 15 – FEB 15 Parth GalenFEB 25 Dead MarshesMAR 1 – 2 Helm’s DeepMAR 3 – 4 FangornFEB 29 – MAR 1 IsengardMerry and Pippin • Mar 2The Three Hunters • Mar 5 Henneth AnnûnMAR 7 – 8 Paths of the DeadMAR 8 Pass of Cirith UngolMAR 10 – 14 Minas TirithGandalf and Pippin • Mar 9Merry and the Rohirrim • Mar 15The Grey Company • Mar 15Heroes of the West • May 1 Mount DoomMAR 25 The Black GateFrodo and Sam • Mar 5Heroes of the West • Mar 25 The Field of CormallenHeroes of the West • Mar 29Merry • Apr 7 HomeJUL 26 • LAST READING Select a place for its dates and reading links

Dots show parties travelling today; filled boxes show parties staying at a place. Dots move along the routes between stops. The dates inside each location box mark arrivals or a stay; different parties can arrive there on different days. The routes show the shape of the journey, rather than geographical distances. For a map of the paths travelled, explore LotrProject’s interactive map. For more details on the Shire Calendar and how readings were placed on our calendar, see Timeline Notes.

Readings on these dates