So, to keep them happy, I either skip ahead or allow them to adventure nonstop. In fact, I have actually taken steps recently to increase the sense that they don't have the luxury of downtime, for more of that Osgiliath-is-under-siege-and-the-Westfold-has-fallen-and-we-need-to-make-it-to-Mount-Doom kind of feeling in the campaign.
