Sep. 4th, 2012

adaeze: (Angry Duck)
Some of you will know my sister is moving to New Zealand, of all places, in a few weeks' time.  Some of you will also know that her cats aren't, and that one of them is coming to live with us.

My mother (who is taking the other two cats) says keep her indoors for a month.  Wellinghall's grandmother says "just butter her paws!" (not an option, as Molly has a weight problem).

I know a few of you have adopted adult cats / are heavily involved with re-homing charities (no, thanks, we don't want a hound to complete the menagerie), I wondered if anyone has any advice on getting them settled.
adaeze: (Dodo)
Bold means I've definitely been there, italics means I think I might have been there a long time ago.

1. Sarehole Mill
2. Perrott's Folly
3. Edgbaston Waterworks

4. New Zealand
5. The Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland
6. Tolkien's Home in Oxford (20 Northmoor Road)
7. Merton College
8. Exeter College
9. Addison's Walk
10. Tolkien's Tree University Botanical Gardens
11. The Eagle and Child
12. The Bodleian Library
13. Oxonmoot
14. Tolkien's resting place

15. The Somme

taken from http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1053-fifteen-places-tolkien-fans-should-visit-before-they-die.php via Wellinghall.

I've walked past quite a few places Tolkien lived, but I couldn't swear to 20 Northmoor Road being one of them.  If this were my list I'd want to add Moseley Bog, which is a patch of very primeval-looking woodland near Sarehole.  I would of course drop New Zealand to make room for it, on the grounds that Tolkien never went that far, though as and when I do make it out there I reserve the right to change my mind.

Might be more interesting just to lump all the Birmingham sites together, ditto Oxford.  In which case you can start to get more adventurous, and add places like South Africa, Warwick, Great Haywood, maybe Marquette.  Anywhere else that really ought to be on the list?

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