Dragon over London...

[Steve]

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

> 
> Geoff (again):
> ... 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 ... 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.
>

Steve replies:

As the river enters the city (actually exist) from the east, it does a couple of wild loops, first is swoops north, then bends south before looping north again, then in the center of the city is sort of levels off on an east to west line. Beyond that to the west it turns sharply south again before somewhat leveling off on an vaguely east to west line near Battersea Park. 

The London Eye and the Westiminster Place/Big Ben are on the section of river that runs on a north/south line before Battersea Park to the west. 

But just to the north and slightly west of the North/South section of the river is Charing Cross Road. If you flew a dragon or broom from Charing Cross toward the Lake District to the north, you would be flying away from the river. Charing Cross is NORTH of the River. 

A quick check of Google Maps, and this will all make sense. Using a iconic landmark, Charing Cross Road north of the eastern tip of St James Park. 

Again, I think the movie makers simply wanted to show iconic structures in London. Cinematically it made sense, even if logically it didn't make sense. 

Steve/bboyminn