[HPforGrownups] Flying over Hogwarts (was:Re: Do All Students Travel to Hogwarts by the HE?

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 46055

eloiseherisson at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> It has struck me recently that with all the protections guarding Hogwarts -
> the inability to dis/apparate, the crumbling ruin disguise and all the other
> implied but unstated charms guarding the Castle - just how very odd it is
> that Charlie Weasley's friends can just fly in on their broomsticks, pick up
> Norbert and fly off again. Or, indeed, that Sirius can just fly of the
> premises on a Hippogriff.
> 
> What is the point of an anti-apparation charm, when you can simply fly in and
> out unnoticed under cover of darkness? And how did Charlie's friends
> locate Hogwarts?
> Even if they'd been students there, they presumably would always have
> travelled there by the Hogwarts Express. If the location is secret,
> then it is secret and known only to a limited few.
> 
> Eloise

Well, if they couldn't fly, how could they play Quidditch, silly? 
Wouldn't be much fun rolling the balls around on the ground, now would
it?

The thing about flying is that you can be seen approaching, still have
to pass through windows or doors to get in and can't just appear next to
someone's bed with a knife... well, maybe Sirius could, but he still had
to sneak all the way in to get that far and could have been caught.

If there were anti-flying wards, it could get messy, surprised wizards
and witches falling out of the air, possibly to a messy death, birds
falling out of the air, possibly becoming deadly missiles (imagine
getting hit by a falling goose!) or the damage a large flying creature,
like a Hippogriff or dragon would do if it suddenly fell through a
roof!  Not to mention the embarrassment if the Beauxbatons carriage,
plus 1 dozen elephant sized flying horses suddenly crashed through the
roof because they hit an anti-flying spell!!  Would not do well for
International Wizarding Relations, that's for sure..

Besides, how would anyone learn how to fly a broom?

I don't think the location is a secret to staff and students, certainly
not to the vistors in the 4th book from other schools.  In fact, I don't
recall anyone stating Hoggwart's location was a secret.


Jazmyn