The Lord of The Rings Online official site has been updated with a look at the various leisure activities that can be practiced in middle earth, including playing music, taking part in a pie eating contest, or showing off your smoke blowing skills.

Pipe-weed Smoking

There's more to smoking pipe-weed in Middle-earth than blowing simple smoke rings! Seek out the highest-quality pipe-weed, and amaze your friends at the local tavern with elaborate and beautiful smoke effects!

Different varieties of pipe-weed are cultivated by members of the Farmer Profession, so you may wish to engage in the craft yourself, befriend a local farmer, or check the latest auctions for supplies.

Pie-eating Contest

There isn't a Hobbit alive that would turn down a challenge to a pie-eating contest, but anyone can compete in this delicious diversion! Head on over to the Bree festival grounds in the Northern Bree-fields (24.5S, 51.4W), and talk to Humbert Sandheaver. If you are present when hunger strikes, a pie-eating session will ensue!

These and many other leisure activities can be a fun change of pace - just ask that cat-lady in Bree!... if you can find her... now that I think about it, those cats do look unusually well-fed...