The 4th of Alla's lovely questions

[deborahhbbrd]

No: HPFGUIDX 143467

<Gulp!> Here goes ...

4. If Horace had been "out of touch with everybody for a year," how
does Dumbledore know that he is now hiding in charming village of 
Budleigh Babberton?

Perhaps this is too simple, but ... owls can find people, including
ones in unknown places; unknown to the people who send the owls, that
is. I don't really see Fawkes with a postman's hat, but there are
plenty of school owls available, and I can imagine an elderly,
fun-loving wizard hopping on his broom and tailing a messenger bird
... which could then be intercepted and told not to deliver its empty
envelope after all. And, Q.E.D., the secret address is a secret no more.

Deborah, liking the idea of DD's last pleasure trip