30 September

Events that occurred on 30 September.
== In Arda ==
* T.A. 3018:
** Crickhollow is raided by three Black Riders in the early hours and Fatty Bolger alerts the village. The Black Riders run away.
** The Inn at Bree is simultaneously raided but the Black Riders find only pillows in the Hobbits' beds. The ponies are lost.
** Frodo and his companions buy Bill the Pony from Bill Ferny and leave Bree together with Strider.
** Gandalf comes to Crickhollow and sees Frodo's cloak outside. Losing hope, he reaches Bree at night. He meets Barliman Butterbur who apologises and tells him the Hobbits left with Strider.
** Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.