Why didn't Voldemort apparate?

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 187166

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:

> 2) Some people have theorized that there is a distance 
> limit to apparation


zanooda:

It seems so, because at Malfoy Manor Harry "... could feel Voldemort flying through the sky from far away, over a dark and stormy sea, and soon he would be close enough to Apparate to them..." (p.473). LV had to travel to the Malfoy Manor from continental Europe, which is comparatively far from England :-). 

However, Harry's statement contradicts somewhat this one from "Quidditch through the Ages": "Apparition becomes increasingly unreliable over very long distances, and only highly skilled wizards are wise to attempt it across continents" (p.48). Here it sounds like it's *not* impossible to Apparate over long distances, just unreliable.

Another thing: when checking for Horcruxes, LV had Nagini with him. Apparition is a very unpleasant sensation: like squeezing through a very tight rubber tube or something of the kind :-). Maybe LV didn't want to Apparate with an irritable snake on his shoulders, who knows how she will react :-)?