"Flying" Hagrid and "Home Stretch" reread

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 164644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at ...> wrote:

> Today is Day 5 in my reread, and in PS/SS Ch. 5, "Diagon Alley", I
> found something odd -- As they leave for London, Hagrid explains
> to Harry that he "flew" to the Rock.  But how??  There's no sign of
> Buckbeak, and I'm sure somewhere Hagrid says he's too big to mount a
> broom.  So what does he mean??  Is it possible that there's a
> Thestral there that Harry of course doesn't see?  Or did Hagrid simply
> apparate to the Rock (since he seems to disapparate at the end of the
> chapter)?
> 
> Any thoughts?

Geoff:
Contributors to this thread might be interested to have a look back at a 
short thread entitled "How did Hagrid get to the Hut-on-the-Rock?". It 
began on 07/12/05, the first message being 144248.

There are one or two other ideas put forward there which might trigger 
some more thoughts in the present discussion.