[HPforGrownups] re: To Hogwarts from Scotland

[Diana Wisniewski]

No: HPFGUIDX 29919



> Hollydaze! wrote:
>
> > As far as we know from the book, the Hogwarts Express is the only
> > way [for students to get to Hogwarts], but it seems a bit, I don't
> > know, pointless? for a student who lives in Scotland to travel to
> > London to catch a train to go back to Scotland!
>
> > Also is there a "Diagon Alley" type place in Glasgow, Cardiff,
> > Birmingham etc because, again, it seems a long way to go to do your
> > school shopping (ok wizards can get there by broom or floo powder
> > but Muggle borns can't!)

I was wondering if maybe Diagon Alley and Platform 9 & 3/4 might just be the
only places in Great Britain to catch your train and do your school
shopping, but they are magical places. Maybe there are entrances to them
from England, Ireland and Scotland. Who's to say that they are right behind
the wall of the Leaky Cauldron or Kings Cross. Maybe when you cross through
you are magically taken to these places, and can get there from any magical
entrance. Maybe there is a pub in Scotland and one in Ireland that you walk
through and tap a wall in their alley and still get to Diagon Alley. And
surely there could be train stations in Scotland an Ireland also, that you
could walk through a wall between platforms 9 & 10. We never hear about more
than one train, only "THE" Hogwarts Express. So wouldn't it make sense that
you could get to these places magically from multiple locations?
Hope this made since. Still too much turkey and ham in my system to think
clearly. lol
Diana