Dudley Wearing Leather?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 80669

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Donna" <deemarie1a at y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > > > D says -
> > 
> > Maybe I'm just nit picking, but in the US, even in the northeast, 
> the 
> > month of August is just plain swealtering.  Yet in the 
> Potterverse, 
> > there are a few instances of the characters putting on coats.  
> Even 
> > August nights can be swealteringly hot.  Didn't Harry and his 
> friends 
> > put their coats on when they were running from the DE's in GoF?
> > 
> > And, yeah, I know I'm skirting off topic, but even in the movies, 
> you 
> > see all those people bundled up before September 1.  
> > 
> > I think I need an opinion of one of our Brittish friends to 
> explain 
> > that to me.  Any takers?
> > 
> > D
> 

June:
> A personal and grumpy opinion of Brit weather:
> 
> Came home to Newcastle in the North East of England on 1.9.03 from 
> Turkey (45 in the shade) - beautifully bronzed, laid back, floppy 
> etc.  Immediately put on central heating and fire on arrival home.  
> Freezing.  Tan now almost gone. IMHO UK is in its own climate 
loop.  
> In a week or so, will be wearing sweaters, socks and boots.  It's 
> like summer ends by order on 31.8.03.  OK - the books always start 
> in Little Whinging which is supposed to be in Surrey in the south 
> east of England - a more temperate climate(!?).  On the other hand, 
> Hogwarts is maybe in Scotland which makes my part of the world 
> positively tropical...
> 
> To sum up, as a lifelong resident I have never found the clothing 
> surprising in the books.
> 


Geoff:
The east side of the UK has a reputation for being chilly and windy. 
I live in Porlock in West Somerset in the Exmoor National Park on the 
south side of the Bristol Channel. All through August and up to now, 
we have had good weather; temperatures in early August were 
exceptionally high into the high 20s and early 30s in the first part 
of the month. Now, we are still pretty warm during the day but it 
gets very cool first thing in the morning and during the evening.

Yesterday for example I was out walking on the moors with my family 
and I was in shorts without a top for most of the day - temperature 
about 23. By the evening, I'm into a jumper. If Hogwarts is in 
Scotland, they'd certainly have cold nights though.