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! --------------------------------------------------- Get your free web based email from Crosswalk.com: http://mail.crosswalk.com