Two Questions about POA

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94861

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "steffy07" <steffy07 at a...> 
wrote:

Steffy:
> 1.  I believe Fred and George say that a tunnel on the MM that they 
> had used before that once led to Hogsmeade is now caved in.  I 
> immidiately thought of the Chamber of Secrets.  Maybe somehow the 
> tunnels were connected.  I don't think the twins were in the 
> Chamber, but they could have been connected some way...any opinions?

Geoff:
I've answered this before myself but couldn't trace the message 
number tonight. The two are not linked.

The cave-in in the Chamber of Secrets is below ground because Ron, 
Harry and Lockhart have gone down the pipe from the girls' bathroom 
at that point...

"And then, just as he had begun to worry about what would happen when 
he hit the ground, the pipe levelled out and he shot out of the end 
with a wet thud, landing on the damp floor of a dark stone tunnel...

...'We must be miles under the school,' said Harry, his voice echoing 
in the black tunnel.
'Under the lake probably,' said Ron, squinting around at the dark, 
slimy walls.'"

(COS "The Chamber of Secrets" p.223 UK edition)

But this is nowhere near the tunnle referred to by Fred and George...

"'....Don't bother with this one behind the mirror on the fourth 
floor. We used it until last winter but it's caved in - completely 
blocked'"

(POA "The Marauder's Map" p.144 UK edition)