Totally Obssessed - Found It! - Spinners End - Near BRISTOL!

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 117154


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> Finwitch: 
> 
> > Particularly looking at the overall map once we find where 
> > Spinners End and Surrey are... Flight over Bristol is quite 
> > direct, really. No wonder it took Hagrid all day if that's where 
> > Harry used to live. 
> >

 
> Geoff:
> I'm sorry keep banging away about this but I haven't really had a 
> sensible reply from anyone.
> 
> Why are we considering Hagrid making a journey from Spinners End to 
> Surrey with baby Harry?
> 
> The Potters were living in Godric's Hollow; some folk argue that 
> this is in Wales. So what's Spinners End go to do with this?
> 
> I've also said that to fly directly from the northern outskirts of 
> Weston-super-Mare to Surrey would involve flying south of Bristol.
> 
> Geoff

bboyminn:

Hate to sound like a broken record, but I still think you are looking
too deep for something that isn't there. There is no grand conspiracy
or deep revelation. It's as simple as this...

Hargrid flew near Bristol: /A/, maybe not /THE/ but /A/, Spinners End
is near Bristol. Discuss.

That's extremely thin information to build any conclusion on; of
course, that's never stopped us before.

If you draw a straight line from just north of Weston-super-Mare (the
approx location of Spinners End) to Staines in North Surrey, you will
pass within 3 to 4 miles of the heart of Bristol. (my map has a
resolution of 16 miles to the inch; so best guess)

Now I've never been to Bristol, but if you go to the heart of
Minneapolis and drive 3 to 4 miles in any direction, you are still in
the city. Given that people don't speak in absolutes, Hagrid might
seen 3 to 4 miles from the heart of the city as 'flew over Bristol'. 

As far as Wales, if you extend a line from Staines to Britol, beyond
Bristol, it hits land again very near Cardiff, Wales. So the
connection to Wales is nothing more than if you fly in a straight line
west of Bristol, you hit the southern tip of Wales. 

If you extend that line far enough, I think you will hit the southern
tip of Ireland (Ireland is not actually on my map), and we could
therefore reach the conclusion that Godric's Hollow is in Ireland.
BUT, and this is a big BUT, Harry wasn't likely to be coming from
Grodic's Hollow, he was more likely to be coming from the location
where Hagrid hid him after rescuing him from Godric's Hollow.
Personally, I've alway believe Hagrid hid Harry at the Longbottoms
home, but that's another subject all together.

Point: you seem to be looking for logical depth in something that is a
shallow connection at best. 

/A/ Spinners End is near Bristol: Hagrid flew near Bristol; make of it
what you will.

Also, unless I'm mistaken, JKR used to live in and near Bristol, so
she might be familiar with the area.

It was just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)