Hermione getting to the Burrow

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No: HPFGUIDX 118517


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
<spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> Scoffing Champagne truffles that should really be savoured.

Linda:
Perhaps Hermione had a direct trip....
The Knight Bus is a fast means of transportation and there would 
have been snow at Hogwarts at this time of year. She could still 
have had snow on her from there?????
Far-fetched, true, but....