What Can Apparate? My Theory

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 54426

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Martin Soilleux-Cardwell
<saddletank at v...> wrote:
> 
> > > I asked:
> > > > How did the Durmstrang ship get into Hogwarts lake if it
> > > > didn't apparate there?
> >
> >Steve (bboy_mn):
> >
> >Apparation:
> >My theory is that you can apparate with anything you can possess. 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >Transfer Charm:
> >We have seen many examples of what, for lack of a better name, 
> >I call Transfer Charms. Dumbledore ... sleeping bags ...
> 
> [snippety snip]
> 
> >Water Travel:
> 
> [snip snippy snip]
> 
> But my question remains unanswered: How does the ship get there? 
> ...edited...
>
> So - it must have arrived physically. ... I .. thought of 
> underground rivers, or at least a surface feeder river from the 
> lake to a point outside Hogwarts into which the ship  *could* 
> apparate, then submerge to surface on the Hogwarts lake. Messy 
> though. Can't say I like it.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Regards
> Martin

bboy_mn:

Well, the real answer is there is no answer. The best we can do is dig
into our imaginations and make reasonable speculations about how it is
likely to happen.

It is likely that Drumstang is in an area of Russia that is north east
of Finland (near the city of Murmansk, Russia). If that is true, then
you can get within a few miles (of course, that distance and route
depend on where you think Hoqwarts is) of Hogwarts by sailing ship via
a route Barent Sea west around northern Norway, then south west to
northern Scotland, south into the Moray Firth then via Loch Ness,
Beauly Firth, or Cromarty Firth, then by river to one of the inland
lakes. Although, the maps I have aren't clear enough, there are many
rivers leading inland into the Scotish Highlands from the ocean.

I don't get the impression that the lake at Hogwarts is feed by any
significant rivers, so that would mean it is mostly spring feed and
feed by a few small streams. However, it is probably connected to the
major underground aquifer in that area and that would provide the
final route into the lake.

Here is a link to a map of the possible locations of Hogwarts. At
least according to me; personally I favor area (1). Sorry, rivers
don't show up very well on this map.

http://www.homestead.com/BlueMoonMarket/Files/Hogwarts/hogwarts1.htm

So if you assume magic will allow a sailing ship to travel a short
distance through the aquifers then an all water route to Hogwarts is
quite possible.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn