[HPforGrownups] Swimming

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No: HPFGUIDX 136826

Cathy Drolet wrote:
> Lucy and Stephen Dawson:
> 
> 
>>>Silly question, but when did Harry learn to swim well enough to follow
> 
> Dumbledore on a swim fully clothed through an icy sea??
> 
> CathyD now:
> I wondered that myself.  Not only that, he dragged Dumbledorethrough the icy sea, fully clothed to get back out of the cave.  Had to look back to GoF to see if I was right that Harry said he couldn't swim more than a couple laps of that pool/tub in the prefect's bathroom, he was terrified at the thought of going into the lake.  Dudley had had swimming lessons but he didn't.  Must've taken lessons sometime during fifth year, don'cha think. ;)  Maybe we're supposed to think that since he swam so well in the lake to get Ron that now he's completely confident in his swimming ability!?
> 

digger:

That part did not bother me. What I cannot understand is why DD and 
Harry could not apparate direct to the cave entrance and avoid the sea 
altogether. Also, why did Narcissa and Bellatrix apparate several 
streets away from Spinners End, instead of outside the front door? So we 
could overhear them bringing us up to date on the plot perhaps?





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