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To the Ford
The stretch between the camp on the high ridge above the Troll-hole and the Ford took three days and was a long and difficult one. On the first day Glorfindel made them push on through the night and by the time they were allowed 5 hours rest they must have covered some 30 miles in all. The next day they covered almost 20 miles and slept at a point where the road turned right and started running down to the river. On the third day they went downhill and passed through a deep cutting with tall pine trees before the road ran out for a long flat mile to the Ford. In all they must have done over 70 miles in the three days. (Flight to the Ford; Bk 1).