Wizards at Large.

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Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn):
Wizards might live among muggles, but that doesn't mean they live 
with them; among them but not a part of them. Just as some Chinese 
are IN London, but not PART of it.

So, seeing wizards out and about in Surrey and nearby, while not 
common, is still reasonable and possible.


Bookworm:
They might be about in Surrey, but they would have to make a point 
of visiting Little Whinging.

[OoP, Ch8]
"'I'm a resident of Little Whinging, close to where Harry Potter 
lives,' said Mrs. Figg.

'We have no record of any witch or wizard living in Little Whinging 
other than Hary Potter,' said Mrs. Bones at once."

If, as another poster mentioned, it is likely the Dursleys walked to 
the local shops, then whoever the bowing wizard is, it probably 
wasn't a coincidence that he ran into Harry in the shop.  He would 
have traveled, if only from the next town, to visit Little Whinging.

Ravenclaw Bookworm