Chapter 6 - The Portkey

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Subject: Re: Chapter 6 - The Portkey
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Date: 8/14/00 5:27 pm  (ET)

Hi all

>Where the Weasley's live is a matter that confuses me. I had always
placed them in the Midlands.

I have always placed them being down near Otery St. Mary, not far from
Exeter. From what we are told in CoS and PoA this location makes perfect
sense - Chudley is nice and close!

But...

>But in GoF they get muggle taxis to the train station. This suggests
that they must live very close to London.

Exactly... coz if they lived near Exeter, then surely they could have
got a train. The journey by car(taxi) from exeter to London must take
at least 3 hours, and would cost a fortune!

>If not it would have cost a fortune to get the kids to the Hogwarts
express.

But the location down near exeter is perfect, if you skip the bit in
GoF about the taxi's.

>The Weasley's say they live just outside a small village in CoS, and
I would guess most other wizards live in similarly remote locations.

And Small villages near Exeter could be classed as being remote.

>Arthur who does a fair amount of study on muggles would fail to
convincingly pass himself of as one. This leads me to suspect that few
wizards would manage to live in highly populated
muggle areas.

Thus a rural location is very likely... so it can't be all that near
London.

Maybe someone else paid for the taxi's.

Nick