Guarding the Stone

[Dave]

No: HPFGUIDX 119772


Barry Arrowsmith:
>>>It's many hours later that they go through the trapdoor - yet when
DD is oozing concern over Harry he intimates that all those hours were
taken up with getting to London and back. Yeah, sure.>>>
 
imamommy:

>>>Well, how long does it take to get to London and back by thestral?
 It could be several hours.  Hagrid mentions that DD sometimes takes
them for trips.>>>


Now SD:
Sorry, I don't believe the trip can take hours.  Harry and various
others fly from Hogwarts to London on thestrals in OOP.  The way this
is written/worded in that book leads me to believe this is a very
short trip for thestrals.  I believe (though I don't have my book on
hand) it mentions something about them moving extremely
fast.  Add to this the fact that England really isn't that big from
north to south (and even smaller from east to west).

-SD