I've only just discovered the Walk With Frodo app on Garmin's Connect IQ store — and as as a huge LOTR nerd, it's going to make the next 1,800 miles fly by

Bilbo Baggins once sang, "the road goes ever on and on". But even so, 1,800 miles is a long way to walk. Fortunately, this little Lord Of The Rings-themed app from the Garmin Connect IQ store — available on all the best Garmin watches on our list — is going to make it fun.

The Walk With Frodo app is available to download for free (you can also donate to the creator via the PayPal link in the app's description) and has been downloaded more than 50,000 times in the past five years. It's compatible with pretty much all modern Garmin watches, and works by reading your background activity step count, rather than your recorded exercise sessions.

Walk With Frodo matches your step count to the journey Frodo and Sam undertake in the Lord Of The Rings, from the peaceful land ...