{"id":35306,"date":"2023-01-10T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35306"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:43:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:43:30","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-landscape-doorstep-2-plans-for-scotlands-first-hobbit-village-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35306","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (landscape) doorstep\u2019 2: Plans for Scotland\u2019s first \u2018Hobbit Village\u2019 revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=3504236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35307\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/St_abbs_borders_scotland_Achromatic_Commons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Berwickshire is now known worldwide as the home of \u2018New Asgard\u2019, but now there\u2019s a bid to bring a little bit of Middle Earth to the region, writes <em>The Southern Reporter.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=3504236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Achromatic<\/a> &#8211; Own work, CC BY 3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Southern Reporter<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>While St Abbs was a focal point for the blockbuster Avengers: Endgame movie, plans that have been revealed for Scotland\u2019s first underground \u2018Hobbit Village\u2019 are more focused on tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Borders Council has received a planning application for the change of use of paddock land to extend the existing Wigwam Holidays park at Cove Park, Cockburnspath, by erecting four \u2018Hobbit\u2019 pods.<\/p>\n<p>A report submitted with the application, from Eyemouth-based IRD Design Limited, says: \u201cThe aim of the applicants is to extend their existing business and create what is thought to be the first \u2018Hobbit Village\u2019 in Scotland&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk\/news\/politics\/council\/plans-for-scotlands-first-hobbit-village-revealed-3931313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berwickshire is now known worldwide as the home of \u2018New Asgard\u2019, but now there\u2019s a bid to bring a little bit of Middle Earth to the region, writes The Southern Reporter. image: for illustration only &#8211; by Achromatic &#8211; Own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35306\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35308,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35306\/revisions\/35308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}