[HPforGrownups] Re: Why not floo instead of thestral to London?

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 91571

John the Walker


>
> It seems highly unlikely that, given the protections on 12 Grimmauld
> Place, that you would be able to Floo in, especially when not
> expected. I think that the fireplace can only be used as a
> communication tool, rather than a travelling one. I wouldn't be
> surprised if the Hogwarts fireplaces operated the same way. After
> all, what is there to prevent the school from just giving students a
> time to Floo into their common room fireplace at the start of term,
> rather than having to take a long train journey from London?

K

Plus the Floo network is Ministry controlled isn't it? A few Floo calls they
might be able to get away with but if people started travelling too and from
the supposedly empty family residence of an escaped convit I think even the
Ministry 'brains' might smell a rat. So even apart from the usual security
reasons I assume Floo access to and from Grimmauld Place would have been
made impossible by Dumbledore.

K