HP POA Question

[lls_mutant]

First of all, thanks to everyone responding on my earlier post today that had nothing to do with fandom.

Second. Okay. Azkaban is to the North of Scotland, according to the Lexicon, right? So why/how did Sirius traipse ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LITTLE WHINGING to see Harry before going BACK TO THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND? I mean, I came up with what I consider a VERY reasonable explanation, but JKR, you make my head hurt.

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Another thing I thought of is that Sirius says he swam to the mainland, but not specifically the British mainland. I'd assumed he meant Scotland, but he might actually have swum to Norway or Denmark. Since he was avoiding the British MoM, he may well have travelled mostly outside of the British mainland, travelling down through Germany, Belguim and France

Oooh - I like this idea! I don't think he'd go to Ireland, but the rest of it could work. If Azkaban is really far north, he could have swam to Norway, made his way to Denmark, and then down through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and then to France and crossed over at Calais on a "Muggle" ferry. (as this was before the tunnel was built). And he might have even stowed away on a ship or even a truck down most of the mainland coast so he didn't have to travel by foot the whole way.

That makes more sense to me than his coming ashore in Northern Scotland or even Northern England.