Hermione getting to the Burrow

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 118515


> Dungrollin
> 
> You know, there's that bit in OotP that I always wondered about,
> when Hermione arrives in Grimmauld place and hammers on Harry's
> door...
> 
> <snip>
> JKR lived in Clapham for a while; unless she's forgotten what
> it's like (because of all those crisp white jewel-encrusted
> snowman-ridden Scottish winters), I'm willing to bet that
> Hermione got to Grimmauld Place directly from the Alps, and
> magically.
> 
> How, is another matter.
> 
> Kethryn now -
> 
> I am not home so I don't have the book, of course, but Hermione 
> got to Grimmauld Place on the Knight Bus.  She doesn't say it 
> then, I believe, but she does mention it on the trip back to 
> Hogwarts.
> 
> Kethryn

You're absolutely right, she says it on the page after the bit I 
quoted, which I overlooked.  She came straight from Hogwarts on the 
Knight Bus.  Oh well.

Still wondering where the snow came from, though.  I'm sure I read a 
case for ESE!Hermione recently...

Dungrollin
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