JKR on the pensieve

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 134891

Saraquel wrote:

>I liked the Spinners End bit, good try! but geography is against
>it. Spinners End is in a mill town. The description is very much
>of the cities of the North of England, particularly around Leeds and
>Manchester. Hagrid mentions flying over Bristol, which is in the
>South West of England and the Dursleys live near London in the
>South East. Hence, if Hagrid was taking Harry from the North to the
>Dursleys, he would have to go round 2 sides of a triangle in order
>to fly over Bristol!! However, a route from South Wales to the
>Dursley's could easily fly over Bristol.


I thought Spinners End was a nice thought, too, though the mind 
boggles a bit at the idea of Snape and babycare.  I don't think it is 
that geographically off, however, if Spinners End is west of the 
Pennines (I agree it is a northern mill town and that would make the 
Riddles from Yorkshire and the Snapes from Lancashire!) Hagrid could 
fly out over Morecambe Bay and travel south either over Wales or the 
Irish Sea. I think, though I don't have a map, that the largest 
estuary he would encounter is the Severn, which would bring him back 
in over England at Bristol, and he would then fly towards Surrey
along 
the route of the M4. 

Leah