Goderic's Hollow - Hogwart's Cave

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 130588

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, heather the buzzard
<tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:

> >Angie here:
> >If I remember correctly, first years are taken by boat via through 
> >an underground cave -- wonder where else it goes?
> >  
> >
 
> Heather:
> Where does it say that?  I'm not recalling that tidbit (and my son 
> has purloined my copy of PS, which is where I assume that factoid 
> would be revealed, so I can't go check for myself *sob*). How would 
> they get from the surface of the lake to an underground cave? 
> 
> heather the buzzard, confuzzled

bboyminn:

No need for spoiler space since this information is in the first book.

Of course, the first years always cross the lake, and we know that
Hogwarts is on a high cliff overlooking the lake. So, the cave is in
the cliff face at lake level below the castlel.

--- Quote - PS/SS Am Ed, PB, pg 139-140 ---
And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding
across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent,
staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as
they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood.

"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff;
they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a
curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were
carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right
underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground
harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
- - - end quote - - -

...wide opening in the cliff face...

...dark tunnel...

...underneath the castle...

...underground harbor...

...rocks and pebbles...

One of those things that make you go ... hummmmmm?

Steve/bboyminn