It doesn't cover all of Scotland. In point of fact, it doesn't cover all of the front lawn. Teachers were all experienced witches and wizards and they had to be able to come as go as their lives and jobs required. Albus Dumbledore in particular was always being called on by the Ministry of Magic, nor was he the first headmaster so blessed with official attention.
While the blocks and barricades within Hogwarts prevent vast amounts of student mischief, there were several spots within Hogwarts grounds faculty and staff knew of and could walk to where apparation was easy. None were in the sprawling buildings, but if you knew which statue on the grounds or a particular place on the Quiddich field and just what rocks to stand near in the Forbidden Forest, apparation went smoothly indeed.
In times of emergency these could be blocked, or simply guarded, but for normal operation times they meant a faculty member could eat and work at Hogwarts and apparate home in a commute that could make any muggle squirm with envy.
It was not the first institution to pretend something didn't exist for the benefit of the masses while secretly enjoying the same priviledge all of the time.
Teachers did not take the train. There was no need. They began somewhere around the week before classes popping in to get things ready, and not infrequently business at home kept them til the last few hours before the students arrived.
Wormtail had spent more time at Hogwarts than anyone who wasn't staff. He knew of one such location just by happy chance.
Unhappily for him, he only knew of it because the teachers used it most often out of all of them, and Albus Dumbledore was just greeting an arriving McGonagall for a new year when Pettigrew appeared between them, naked and dripping digestive slime.
Another BAMPH of displaced air broke the scene, and Snape's voice came sneering. "Peter Pettigrew, well, well. It would seem reports of your demise were somewhat in advance of the facts... Pity."
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(Posted Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:50)
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