On Thu, 18 January 2001, "Steve Vander Ark" wrote:

> 
> 
> > > As long as we are talking about the lake, here's my question: How 
> big is the darn lake?!
> > 
> 
> This is one more place where JKR is inconsistent. For the map I just 
> put on the Lexicon, I drew it more or less circular and not all that 
> big, mostly to support the idea that Harry and Hermione could have 
> walked around it. 
> 
> But let's face it...if it's big enought to hold an entire village of 
> merpeople and an ecosystem to support it plus a giant squid and 
> enought fish to support IT, the lake's too big to walk around a 
> couple of times without devoting most of the day to it. It just 
> doesn't work. So did they actually circle the lake? No, probably not. 
> They just wandered along the shore nearest the castle. And both JKR 
> and the editors missed the goof. 
> 
> We do know the lake is to the south, or at least that SOME of it is. 
> We do know that part of the lake is near Hogsmeade Station where 
> there is a dock. We know that there is a hole in the base of the 
> cliffs below the castle that provides access to an underground cove, 
> where boats can be grounded on a pebbly beach, and that from there a 
> path leads up to the front doors (double oak doors) of the castle, 
> which face more or less to the west. We do NOT know that the cove is 
> actually under the castle--it just SEEMS to be--and I tend to think 
> it isn't, but it is under the cliffs.
> 
> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon
> which has a nifty map along with a page about the grounds
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
> 
> 
Steve, I liked your drawing of Hogwarts and area, it looks how i piture it in my head but there is one thing, shouldn't there be walls around the grounds except where the woods are? Good job though!


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