motor bike and the Island

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "eloise_herisson"
<eloiseherisson at a...> wrote:
> 
> Steve:
> > As to how Hagrid got to the island, the greatest weight goes to
> > Apparate, Portkey, or Thestral drawn Carriage; take your pick.

Steve, why not riding a Thestral rather than in a carriage? They're
magic; they can carry a big weight. 

Eloise: 
> If he got to the island on the motorbike, thestral or Portkey, then 
> why take the boat back?

Not allowed to do magic in front of Harry that day, which is why  he
asked Harry not to tell anyone about him Charming the boat to
self-propell?
> 
> And why did we never hear about the Dursleys being stranded?
> 
The same reason we never hear about Harry nipping back into "Moody"'s
office to take back the Marauder's Map.