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Hobbit

Surrey Hills photo of the day: stile on shady path

Sat, Jul 23, 2011
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Stile for climbing over a fence on a shady path.

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Surrey Hills photo of the day: old shed

Sat, Jul 23, 2011
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Old farm shed and disused equipment gone quaint and decorative.

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Surrey Hills photo of the day: beautiful countryside

Thu, Jul 21, 2011
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Simply the most stunningly beautiful countryside of green rolling hills you can possibly imagine.

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Surrey Hills photo of the day: amazing dead tree

Wed, Jul 20, 2011
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Beautiful carcasses of a fallen tree.

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Surrey Hills photo of the day: leafy round trail

Tue, Jul 19, 2011
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At nighttime, I would expect Black Riders to attack here.

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Surrey Hills photo of the day: sleeping sheep

Mon, Jul 18, 2011
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Sheep asleep under a tree at the height of the day’s warmth on a hot, sunny day.

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watch it: Peter Jackson’s second ‘Hobbit’ production diary

Mon, Jul 18, 2011
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So sweet, listening to all these hardworking people talk about what they’re going to do with their bit of time off…

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‘The Hobbit’ drains the hotness from its hot dwarves

Sun, Jul 17, 2011
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Dammit! I knew this was gonna happen! They buried the beauty of Richard Armitage under makeup…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Peter Jackson is a big ‘ol ‘Doctor Who’ geek

Tue, Jul 12, 2011
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Not exactly astonishing news, but fun nevertheless…

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question of the day: Can two actors play best friends in one story and enemies in another without driving fans of both projects crazy?

Fri, Jun 24, 2011
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You know, like how Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch are swapping sides as they move between Sherlock and The Hobbit…

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