ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod -4th November, 2025

Episode Date: November 3, 2025

On Today's Lil Bitta Pod; Fletch let his inner-nerd flag fly!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the Zedium podcast network, it's Fletchpawn and Haley's Little Bit of Pod. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pond. And guys, I finally did it. I went to Hobbit World. Hobbiton. Hobbit. Fucking idiot. You have some fucking respect.

I did love trolling the nerds at the weekend. What did you call it? I did laugh. I put up my post and I said, I finally made it to Hobbit Potter World. Hobbit Potter World. Hobbit Potter. And it did definitely trigger a few nerds. Oh, good.

But we told you you would love it and you weren't sure. Yes. So my friend was visiting from Mexico and I was like, I really want to go to Hobbiton. And I was like, okay. Can't deny a Mexican man a trip to Hobbiton. And also you guys had just recently been. Yeah. And I was like, and I knew that I would like it because, you know, it's pretty cool.

It's beautiful. Yeah, you love a vista. And I tell you what, it was pretty amazing. Isn't it cool? It's so cool. And I would say if anyone's on the fence like I was, do it because it's so cool. It's genuinely, like, so magical, and they've put so much work into it, you know, and they keep doing it that it just gets better and better and better. It's the kind of place I'd probably go to again.

Yeah. You know what I mean? But it's amazing, like, I feel like I was the only New Zealand. Oh, no, maybe there was maybe three or four of us were Kiwis in the whole tour. Just so good. The rest were like all overseas visitor, and some people were frothing. Like, they had come to New Zealand to see this. Did you feel, I felt a real sense of pride on the bus when they played the videos and they showed.

sort of all of New Zealand and the landscapes and all of the shooting things. I was like actually pretty like hashtag blessed. Yeah, it's pretty beautiful. I was actually looking at Hobarton. I saw your photo and it made me think about their Christmas feast. Oh yeah. Because you can go there and do it one ago. Yeah, yeah. The Christmas

feast already sold out. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised. It's in December and we're close. The guy said the marathon next year sold out as well. Is it? Yeah, I think so. The Hobbiton Halfling Marathon. Where do you run? around the hills I know around the hills

I'm not doing the hills and the farm and stuff so then I was like well what's the next big event the summer harvest festival next year is happening on Moir's birthday oh okay well look that away

Friday February 20 I'm saying maybe we brought us from in the morning and maybe we hang around all day and maybe we do the feast at night that's pretty amazing and I'm not pub at the end the green dragon yeah that's incredible that's my one issue

with the tour, you just don't get enough time there. Like if you knew the first, those people that got married there, like what does it cost to get married there? We've got so many questions about it. Yeah, it must cost a lot. It would be a bit because...

And like, it would be making mulah, printing mullah, it would be so expensive to keep that place going. Oh, all the staff, the gardeners. The garden, they're just constantly gardening. The landscaping. And you've got to keep a beautiful year round

regardless of what the weather's doing. Well, we went in winter and it was like delightful. You know, and you don't have any... The trees are different, but they just make it. They've got to plant flowers that are going to be flowering, sort of something's going to be flowering year round. It's just, it's such a magical magical stuff.

Okay, do you want to hear some of the Hobbiton Christmas menu? Yeah. Obviously, there's mulled wines and a selection of cookies. Yeah. There's cheeses and breads. There's smoked meats and fishes. I think we just say fish. I think we just say fish.

Herb and garlic roast potatoes, steam season vegetables, we've got to buzz muddy rice. Are we like cooking a Frodo or something? Broccoli or curry. No, Frodo is the fucking hobbit. you idiot You fucking idiot. You're not going to cook a fucking Hobbit in Hobbit.

It's like saying Oh mum's birthday Are we eating Nan? I'm not going to a Hobbit Feast if there's not serving Hobbit This weekend is Hobbiton Beer Fest.

I beg your fucking pardon? It's wild hey. They're just cranking out They're cranking out We must. No we can't

I'm busy. It's, You know what? I loved it. You said I'd love it And I said, I don't know if I will and I You bloody loved it.

You bloody loved it. If you're coming to New Zealand and if you're one of our international listeners, it's a must. It's a must do. Could we give it a stamp? A stamp of approval. The Fletchwoman and Haley must do.

Absolutely. See what I have three claps. No, no, no, no, one clap each. Fucking idiot. What is wrong with you? I just said you said clap. Clap. Okay, so Hobbiton is the first official Fletchwan and Haley must do.

Fletch. Oh, where are you? Oh, God damn. We're going to cook you at the Hobbit piece. I'm too chilly I'm too chewy I'm too chilly Yes he's chewy

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