The "Missing 24-hours" - another theory

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 42464

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bboy_mn" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

 If he did go to his hut at
> Hogwarts, it seems like everyone was too busy to stop by and see the
> baby as I'm sure they would have done if they knew Harry was there.
> 
> Maybe Hagrid was back at his hut and just kept Harry's presents 
secret.
> 
> Anyway, I'm not buying another grand conspiracy theory. It seems 
> more than reasonable that Hagrid could take care of Harry for a 
day. 
> Just took Harry back to his hut, took care of him for a day, got on 
> Sirius motorcycle, flew south along the western coast of Scotland, 
> flew just south of Britol and turned east to Surry and Privet drive.
> 
> That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
> 
> bboy_Mn

GEOGRAPHY CHECK FOR NON-UK RESIDENTS
Bristol is quite a LONG way west of Surrey (by British standards - we 
think 100 miles is a long way). The standard west coast air route 
from Scotland to London (just flown it recently) is to fly over the 
coast of Lancashire, then go into the English Midlands, flying fairly 
directly from Birmingham to London/Surrey. 

The reason for this is that it misses all the big, hairy mountains  
that I certainly wouldn't like to try and fly over in a motorbike. 
[grin]

If you fly over Bristol when travelling from Scotland to London, you 
are LOST. It's much more likely that Hagrid was either flying from 
Wales, or from the West Country (Devon, Cornwall), both of which 
would have him conceivably deciding to go over Bristol so he could 
then follow the lights on the muggle motorways up to Surrey.

If he apparated back to his hut, we get stuck with the problem of 'if 
Hagrid can apparate with a baby, why couldn't Lily apparate away from 
Voldemort with Harry?'

Pip