Durmstrang, Hiding, History, and Triwizard (was Scandinavia)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 88407

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sea Change" <nakedkali at y...> 
wrote:

Sea Change: 
> I am a Californian and am used to the high mountains in the 
Sierras. 
> When I learned that the highest mountain in the UK was less than 
4000
> feet, it really messed with my head because I was raised to think of
> those that are that height nearby as merely foothills.  Maybe
> Durmstrang is 'mountainous' only from a Unitedkingdomese point of 
view?

Geoff:
Not true I fear. Ben Nevis, the highest mountain on the UK mainland 
is 4406 feet and there are a handful of others in the Cairngorms.

Just remember that height is relative. we are a fairly small island 
and so the mountains seem big. When, like me, you've slogged to the 
top of the highest peak in England (Scafell Pike 3210 feet) or 
enjoyed the view from Wales' highest (Snowdon - 3559 feet), a 
mountain's a mountain for a' that. 

And if you think we're off your Californian scale, take a look at the 
Low Countries....

Anyway, many of our mountains are very remote - look at the 
discussion we had on the whereabouts of Hogwarts; start from about 
message 83906 for a long thread on the matter.