Pitch black at 7 pm? (Was: Re: Gleanings from 3rd Viewing)

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Nicky <azingam at y...> wrote:
> About the whole sunset thing, I live in Milton Keynes (60 miles NW of
> London) and on a cloudy September day it can get noticeably dark down
> here at 6:30-7pm. Apply those weather conditions to Scotland and you
> have a very dark, stormy night.

But those weren't the conditions when the kids arrived at Hogwarts, at least 
in SS.  When they first looked up at the ceiling of the Great Hall, it was dotted 
with stars.  Also, since they're considerably north of Milton Keynes, the sun 
will be setting later in the summer (and earlier in the winter).  The difference 
is over 20 minutes on Sept. 1, when the sun sets at 8:07 in Edinburgh and 7:45 
in London.

But perhaps this whole conversation is made moot by the fact that we don't 
know how long it takes the Hogwarts Express to cover this (also unknown!) 
distance.  Whatever, those kids are having a really late supper!

>  If they get to Hogsmeade at around 8:30pm (well after
> dark no matter what time of the year),

On June 21 in Edinburgh, the sun sets at 10:05 PM.