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Tolkien Lietuva Naujienlaiškis Nr. 43., benne a közös nyári táborunkról szóló beszámoló második felével litvánul és angolul egyaránt – az előbbit gondolom ti se értenétek, de ezúton közvetíteném az utóbbit az esetleges érdeklődőknek:
"Journey through Mirkwood remembered – part two
The nine days spent in Middle-earth, travelling through Mirkwood (or the forests of Aukštaitija), left many vivid memories. We covered the first half of the event in the previous Newsletter; here we give the second part.
Thursday was the last day of hiking. The morning weather turned out to be slightly better than during most previous days: it stopped raining and occasionally we could even spot the sun through the clouds. Breakfast and packing lasted until midday, but then we left for the last leg of our journey, which took us to Beorn. The role of Beorn was played by the Museum of beekeeping in the village of Stripeikiai. We reached it after some wandering, and even though we were tired, the mood was very cheerful (mostly because we could put down our backpacks and tread lightly on museum grounds). A short tour, which gave us knowledge of plants, bees and beekeeping, was appreciated by everyone. After this break, we didn't have much to travel to the final campsite at Lake Almajas.
The weekend spent at Lake Almajas was full of adventures and events that we did not have time to do during the actual hiking. Thursday evening was devoted to archery and swordsmanship training and we held tournaments of both activities on Friday. The tournaments were cheerfully received by both participants and the crowd. On Friday we also made a trip to Ladakalnis, an ancient sacred hill nearby, where we had a chance to learn about ancient Lithuanian beliefs and perform some pagan rituals.
On Saturday morning the participants learned about the variety of castles and other fortifications in our world and in Arda. We finished the journey with a siege of Dol Guldur, which was a three-hour-long game of capture the flag. Four players from each team, using flags the teams made themselves and carried during the hike, attempted to take the other teams' flags and bring them to Dol Guldur. This we managed three times. Afterwards, the participants had to show off their artistic skills in improvizing scenes from the "Silmarillion" and let their creative juices flow writing alliterative poems about adventures in Mirkwood.
Once all this passed, only one evening remained. During this time, everyone used an opportunity to talk with their new friends before leaving. Songs rippled along the lakeside and across it. While some were singing, others kept taking photos or simply shared their emotions with each other, wishing everything good, sweet and pleasant with ancient pagan rituals. Many a good word has been said that night, many a nice wish made, to strengthen friendships, to keep memories. It was wonderful to see people who just a few days ago were strangers behaving as if they had crossed mountains together.
Around midnight we left for Ginučiai to say farewell to the Hungarians. We probably woke up many villagers with our songs, but they weren't angry and did not descend upon us with pitchforks. We did not say good-byes; merely farewells and "until we meet agains". Perhaps we might even manage to meet again next year – keep your eyes open for more information.
The final night was unusually quiet after our friends had left. There were only about ten of us remaining, and the large tent village was reduced to only a few, spread far and wide, with gaps showing where just a few hours ago there had been Hungarians: living, dancing, singing and enjoying themselves immensely. Even so, we stayed up almost until dawn, just talking and reminiscing. On Sunday, we also departed, leaving only a small part of ourselves on this wonderful lakeside in Aukštaitija, where we will return many times in our minds."
A hírlevélben szereplő képek Dol Guldur ostrománál készültek, de sajnos fogalmam sincs, kinek az albumából kerültek oda, szóval nem tudom ugyanazokat prezentálni.
Én is csak angolul tudtam eddig beszámolni
itt és
itt, de majd egyszer talán elmeséljük magyarul is a történetet (attól tartok, ez némiképp a pályázatból fakadóan kötelességünk is).