Today is a very exciting day because we are going to Hobbition. But first we are going to the Buried Village.

We are staying in a holiday home with Aunty Jilly my Godmum and her dog named Jess. It is her birthday this week. The holiday home is by Lake Tarawera, which is next too a large volcano that has three craters. This volcano was the most recent large volcano eruption in New Zealand. It erupted in 1886 on June 10th.

When it erupted it buried the pink and white terraces. The pink and white terraces were layers and layers of rock created by the steaming geysers that lots of people used to visit. This was a real treasure to New Zealand and one of the eight wonders of the world.

The mud also buried a maori village. They dug it up with a spade and a brush so we could view it. We saw a secret passage way in one of the houses which went into the wall. There was also a sewing machine in a tree and a cannon which wasn’t called a cannon.

Sam and Anna at Bag End in Hobbiton

After that we went to Hobbition, which was in the middle of a sheep farm. First when we came in we saw a nice mans hobbit hole who had a grumpy wife, this is where Gandalf and Frodo first ride in on their carriage. And then lots of hobbits children come running up to Gandalf and begged him to do some magic and he makes some fireworks.

After that we walked into the main part of Hobbiton. Everything was grown naturally with no sprays and there was lots of vegetables which the hobbits plant, look after and eat. In reality there are 8 gardeners who do all this work and they don’t like to be called hobbits!

At the top of the hill was Bagend also known as Underhill, which is where Frodo and Bilbo live. It is the biggest hobbit hole.

The we walked down the hill and got to the party field and party tree and that is where Bilbo had his birthday party and he loved it.

At the end of our quest we went to the Green Dragon and had a nice glass of Ginger Beer and a muffin. I would like to live in Hobbiton and stay there forever.