Dragon over London...

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote: 
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "houyhnhnm" <celizwh@> wrote:

houyhnhnm:
> > I didn't even think about the timeline.  What struck me odd about that scene was the fact that they were flying *north* over the Thames. I believe the Leaky Cauldron (and, therefore Diagon Alley and Gringott's bank) is supposed to be located on Charing Cross Road.  I only spent 12 hours in London and didn't see much of it, but I did see the Eye, and did see Charing Cross Road, and they are not on the same side of the river.

Geoff:
> Indeed they are on opposite sides of the river but not very far apart.
 
> The Eye is on the south side, just west of Waterloo railway station while 
> Charing Cross Road, the supposed site of the Leaky Cauldron, is about 
> half a mile west of the Eye on the other side of the river running north 
> from just opposite Charing Cross railway station which is a couple of 
> hundred yards from Trafalgar Square.

> I've seen the film in the cinema once so far and I seem to have a 
> recollection that the dragon was flying with the Eye and the river to its 
> right which would put the flight in a southerly direction which would fit: 
> due east from Gringotts to the river then south from there.
 
> However, I hope to try to get to a second cinema showing this week and 
> see if I can get a better look.

Geoff (again):
I have now seen the film for the second time tonight and can confirm 
what I mentioned here to start with. The dragon is clearly flying with 
the Eye on its right, the river beyond and the tower of Big Ben beyond 
that.

This places the flight on the east side of the river over the area 
known to Londoners as the South Bank and it is heading approximately
south-west. Just to qualify, the river at this point is actually flowing 
in a south to north direction, there are a number of big bends in the
centre of the city.