How did Dumbledore know about the cave?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 135278

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sandra Collins"
<sandra87b at y...> wrote:
> I was surprised when Dumbledore suddenly announced to Harry 
> that they had to go to the cave, because I couldn't see where he 
> found out all the info about it. ...edited..
> 
> Sandra

bboyminn:

I suspect your problem is that you are either looking too deep or not
deeply enough.

The woman who ran the orphanage where Tom stayed told Dumbledore about
the trip to the seaside and the incident at the cave. So, Dumbledore
knows the location of the seaside town, he knows there is a cave
there, now all he has to do is find the cave. 

How? I'm assuming he went there and searched for it. Certainly, the
local people would know about the cave, and even if their knowledge
was very vague, it would still be enough to point Dumbledore in the
right direction. After that, it would simply be a matter of physically
looking for the cave entrance. Note that there was a barrier between
the inner and outer cave. Muggles might be aware of the outer cave but
unaware of the inner cave.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn