flying

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16088

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., joym999 at a... wrote:
> 4- Actually all McG. says is that "He received an urgent owl from 
the 
> MOM and flew off for London at once."  Maybe what she meant is that 
> he flew as far as the edge of Hogwarts grounds and then apparated 
> into London, since AS EVERYONE KNOWS it says in Hogwarts, A History 
> that you cant apparate or disapparate in Hogwarts.
> 
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I had never considered how Dumbledore got to London before, and then 
this recent debate developed, as to why he flew instead of 
apparated.  In the UK, and I thought that it was the same in the US, 
but I'm probably wrong, the expression "flew" is just that - an 
expression, a figure of speech and not fact.  ie.  "He flew out of 
there," is synonymous with, "he got out of there as quickly as 
possible."  It is not literal.  (Although, it can of course, be meant 
literally - I just wanted to point out the possibilities).

Catherine