Then an hour ride to north suburb of London to the actual filming lots of the Harry Potter films. We began by entering the great hall, which is considered a hot set_meaning it could be used at any minute to film a scene. We had to be very careful not to touch anything, but it was hard.
The sound stage for the great hall did not include the ceiling. The ceiling was a scaled model which was stitched to the scenes in post production. It was amazingly intricate, as were all of the sets.
Then, we entered into a large area that had many different sets and loads of props. To me, this was educational but to Libby this was UTOPIA!
See the two young children? The youngster in the back was very polite and tried to avoid my pictures. The youngster in the front was a screaming meemy who was so disruptive that I considered calling the police to arrest the parents who were paying no mind to his horrid behavior. (Bring in Super Nanny!) He ended up in three of my pictures and I asked his mum to move him. She refused, despite my asking several times. She told me, while smiling, to take my picture. I replied I would as soon as she removed her child. She never did, obviously. So, when she went to take pictures of her family in front of the gate, I photo-bombed the photo. Now I am sure we both have interesting stories to tell. I wished I had a copy of her photo. I was THIS close to causing an international incident.
Thankfully, the potion classroom set was nearby and I secured an accurate potion to add a tail to the little monsters mum!
Off we went for many other stops in the ministry of magic.
And visits with important people...
Finally, the knight bus home (just kidding, we had to take the real transport.)
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