Geography (was Lily Evans)

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 10804

Monika wrote:

 >> An Aside:  I still wonder where Harry and Hagrid were all day, 
> since
> > >the
> > >> Potters were killed
> > 
> > >Perhaps he had to be taken somewhere along the way to have 
> protective
> > >charms placed on him ?

Dai wrote:
 
> In which case Godrics Hollow is not necessarily in South Wales as 
has 
> previously been supposed by some as Hagrid flew over Bristol on his 
> way to Surrey. Wherever Harry was taken in the interim was in South 
> Wales though.

JKR does seem intent on confounding (or confunding) our attempts to 
place most of HP geographically, however.  Someone asked her whether 
Azkaban was off the southern coast, since Sirius stops in Surrey on 
the way from Azkaban to Hogwarts, and she said no.  (I picture it 
quite a ways out in the North Sea, myself.  I'm sure those wizards are 
a lot smarter than whoever put Alcatraz within swimming distance of 
San Francisco.  Though Alcatraz, too, had Dementors as well as walls 
and water . . .)

Amy Z

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