Swimming

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 136757

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lucy and Stephen Dawson" 
> <lucy at l...> wrote:

> > Silly question, but when did Harry learn to swim well enough to 
follow
> > Dumbledore on a swim fully clothed through an icy sea??
> > 
> > :-)




I thought of this also!  I remembered Harry saying something about how 
a few laps around the Prefect's Bathroom Tub was fine, but he had 
never had lessons from the Dursleys.  It does make you wonder a bit...



> Geoff:
> Probably at Little Whinging Junior School. Most UK First or Junior 
> schools have swimming lessons timetabled into their curriculum and 
he 
> might well have become a strong swimmer.



I don't think this is true based on his fear of having to go into the 
lake during the 2nd task of the Triwizard Tournament and his mention 
of never having lessons.


Things that make you go hmmmm...

grindieloe :)