What Can Apparate? My Theory/ Summoning vs "transfer"

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54489

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Gina R Rosich <grosich at n...> 
wrote:

> 
> I think the lake, and the forbidden forest, are both ³protected 
lands²
> owned by Hogwarts.  So, magical creatures are specifically given 
invitation
> to live there.  And while I could easily see the ship being 
navigated
> through magical or underground water streams, I wonder how the 
Beauxbatons
> travelled through the air without being noticed by Muggles.  The 
Ford Anglia
> was seen by many.  
> 
> And while we¹re on the giant squid, PLEASE, I beg of you all, do 
not get
> started on that theory that Dumbledore is the giant squid.  I¹m 
begging you.
> 
> Gina

Well, for the matter of Carriage not beeing seen while Ford Anglia 
was, well... the Ford Anglia seen was driven by Ron who didn't know 
how to disguise it, or even how to properly fly it (considering they 
hit Whomping Willow). This carriage was flown by people who know what 
they're doing. I'd imagine the Muggles saw clouds...

What comes to the Durmstrang students "steering" the ship while their 
head-master stayed in his cabin... well, supposedly that's part of 
their education. School-ship.

How they got to the lake... maybe the lake *has* some sort of 
connection to the sea, one that's underwater? The Durmstrang ship 
seemed like a submarine to me... And er - maybe their school *is* 
that ship? Submarine in the North Ice Sea (what Muggle would see 
*that*?) would be where Durmstrang might be... and compass is rather 
useless in North Pole... and a moving school just *can't* be mapped!

And that flying Horse-carriage in clouds... Thunder.. any escaped 
magic is a lightning, a weather phenomenon...

-- Finwitch