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Maggot’s Farm
Frodo decided to cut across country to the Ferry, which at that point was 18 miles south-east in a straight line through open country after passing through a belt of trees. I make it more nearly east-south-east, in fact, but in any case it must have been south of due east. If they had succeeded in keeping their line they would certainly have run into difficulties in the marsh, as Pippin warned Frodo.
They lost their way, however, and no doubt started walking in a circle in the woods, as one does when one is lost, so that they came out of the wood much too far south. By now I reckon they had travelled some 8 or 9 miles – 2 of them after the lunch halt. (A Short Cut to Mushrooms; Bk 1). At this point the Ferry was ‘to their left’. Time was getting on and they would have made as straight as possible for the Ferry, bearing somewhat left, until they struck the lane leading to Maggot’s farm.
