Long story short, I finally discovered a good Middle-Earth multiplayer server for Minecraft, and let me tell you, this server is freaking HUGE. You start out in the Shire, and it took me literally an hour of nonstop walking to get from Brandywine Bridge to Bree. Absolutely enormous.
So anyway, I made it to Mirkwood at long last, conveniently when it was getting dark. Then it started raining. Well that's just great. So I climbed on top of the trees (Minecraft physics) and was walking along the top, since it's easier than going on the ground, and the trees are so close together you can walk without worrying about falling.
I'm walking along an