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Erika and her friend, dressed appropriately for the occasion, on arrival.15:10:37
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In the entrance hall of the tour, with an impressive dragon overhead.15:21:35
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The cupboard under the stairs.16:05:58
The entrance to Hogwarts.16:06:01
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The Great Hall at Hogwarts, today in Slytherin colours.16:06:38
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The head table.16:12:07
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One last picture in the Great Hall before we were ushered on to the self guided part.
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Some costumes from the Yule Ball scene in the Goblet of Fire.16:16:06
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A mock up of the make up department.
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The taps from the prefect's bathroom.16:20:45
The Gryffindor boy's dormitory.16:25:43
The Slytherin common room.16:26:58
Erika tells me this is from the Prisoner of Azkaban, but I don't remember it.
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Dumbledore's office.16:29:13
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The dungeons where potion classes are held.16:34:31
Erika and a broomstick.
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Hagrid's cottage.16:38:17
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The Burrow, where the Weasleys live.
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An odd perspective trick - Erika's friend looks tiny!16:46:50
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The forbidden forest.
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This was really quite spooky!16:52:35
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Buckbeak the Hipogriff.
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King's Cross.
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The Hogwarts Express. I think Chie and I were much more excited about this than the kids were.16:58:33
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Erika and her friend in the Hogwarts Express experience.17:03:13
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Dinner at the Backlot Cafe. Hotdogs and butterbeer.17:44:39
Erika and I really liked the butterbeer.17:44:40
Although Erika's friend was a bit less convinced by it.18:07:20
The Knight Bus.
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Privet Drive.18:09:32
The Hogwarts Bridge.18:09:36
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Mr Weasley's Ford Anglia.18:11:54
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In the technical effects bit.
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Gringotts bank.18:22:33
I thought this set was quite impressive.18:22:36
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Gringotts vaults.
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Gringotts Mint.18:27:01
Gringotts Bank after it gets wrecked by the dragon.18:27:04
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Diagon Alley - possibly my favourite bit.18:28:11
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There was a huge model of Hogwarts near the end of the tour which was really impressive.
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...and finally a mock up of Olivander's Wand Shop where every wand box had a name of a member of the cast.18:39:34
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...and now the gift shop, with a similar selection of wands.
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The Lego bit of the gift shop.19:10:46
Amazingly we managed to persuade the girls to leave just a little after 7pm (we'd promised to have her friend home by 8) so here's a couple of parting shots.19:10:52
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The Zipcar I'd used today safely returned to where I picked it up, just 2 minutes before the end of the booking. The timing had really worked perfectly today.