Hogwarts in Scotland

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 40337

Pam wrote:

> We know that the Hogwarts Express travels north for a good many 
hours and that Harry and Ron fly over Peebles in the Ford Anglia.  
Peebles is in Scotland.

Note for those unfamiliar with British geography.  Kings Cross is the 
terminus for trains to the north-east of England and Scotland.  On 
modern Muggle trains, when they are working properly (a big if these 
days after the Hatfield and Potter's Bar disasters, both on the KX 
line), if you travel for more than about four hours you will be in 
Scotland.  Since the Hogwarts Express starts at 11:00 and continues 
past nightfall (ca 19:30 BST, depending slightly on latitude) at the 
beginning of September, the journey is over 8 hours.  Even at the 
speed of steam trains, which the HE mimics, that would take you well 
inside Scotland.  The description of the landscape, while not 
completely incompatible with parts of England not on the line, really 
evokes the Highlands too.

Finally, we have the annotation of the Acromantula entry in FB (can't 
remember if by Harry or Ron), which states that the rumours of an 
Acromantula colony in Scotland can be confirmed.

> Pam
> (Who has just returned to this group after an absence of probably 
at 
> least a year or so. Why I've been absent - I don't know.)

Welcome back!

David