Azkaban's location

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 36861

"oboakk" <nesbitaa at p...> wrote:
> GulPlum:
> <<Which brings up a different but related matter: why didn't Sirius 
> just make a bee-line for The Burrow and attempt to get his paws on 
> Wormtail there, rather than wait for him to go back to Hogwarts in 
> Ron's pocket?>>
> 
> Marina:
> <<Would Sirius know where the Burrow is?  He knows who the Weasleys 
> are from seeing the picture in the paper, but how would he know 
where 
> they live?  Is there a wizarding equivalent of the White Pages?>>

I get the feeling that the Wizarding community doesn't move house 
much. The Weasleys are an well-established family and appear to be 
friends of Dumbledore's (or at least part of "the old crowd") - I 
would expect Sirius to know something about them. 

> Hmmm....another thing that's been bothering me:  How did Sirius 
know 
> where *Harry* lived?  And did he really expect he would be able to 
> see him?  After all, everyone believed him to be guilty, and I 
think 
> he would have suspected that people would be trying to protect 
Harry 
> from him.
> 
> He could have known about the Dursleys from being friends with 
James 
> and Lily, but would he have known where they lived and that Harry 
> would be under their care?

That was originally an issue in my mind, too. However, when Hargid 
borrowed the flying motorbike at the beginning of PS/SS, I assume 
he'd have told Sirius where he was going with it. This is one of the 
main reasons *I* see for JKR having established whose the bike was - 
this gives Sirius grounds to know where the Dursleys live.

And as surmised above, wizarding folk don't seem to move home much, 
so he'd assume that the Dursleys wouldn't move from Little Whinging 
either.

Of course, it's a major coincidence that Sirius-dog turns up there 
just as Harry runs away... :-)

-- 
GulPlum aka Richard