Lord of the Rings - Aragorn's Horse

[Halmyre]

OK, in 'The Return of the King', Rangers from the north come to help Aragorn and they bring his HORSE with them. Why the frell has Aragorn, who is known as 'Strider' because he BLOODY WELL WALKS everywhere, got a horse he never uses? Imagine how useful that horse might have been while slogging their way from Bree to Rivendell!

Everyone harps on about "why don't they use the eagles to take the ring to Mordor" but nobody ever asks about Aragorn's fecking horse kicking its hooves back in the stables at Rivendell.

In fact, I've just realised - why are the Rangers dragging this sodding horse, probably grossly unfit because its owner can't be arsed to ride it, all the way to Rohan, a land famous for, wait for it, its HORSES! Talk about coals to Newcastle (or lembas to Lorien).

Never mind your deus ex machina, this is more eqqus ex machina. Poor show Mr Tolkien.

[Halmyre]

Did they have vagrants in Middle Earth? I've never really thought about how Aragorn is perceived by the people of Bree, who make Norfolkers look like cosmopolitan sophisticates.