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March 25 is officially Tolkien Reading Day. Yes you heard us! In 2002 a New York journalist inquired with the Tolkien Society if there was such a thing and low and behold they set it up. So why March 25? Well it's Tolkien’s birthday Jan 3 and Bilbo & Frodo’s birthday on Sept 22nd but March 25 is the perfect day as it's the date of the downfall of Sauron! To honor the Tolkien Reading Day we thought it apt to look at the fact that his world of Middle Earth is based on the Burren, in County Clare.

Sorry I missed last week. So here's two, one from space, one from the ground, of Ireland's Burren. Source article for the first image: Burren Plateau, County Clare, Ireland Click for full-size (this is half-size): Clints and grikes OK, well, three then: