Hermione and Ginny decided instead of travelling all the way to London and up through the Hogwarts Express that she was going to drive all the way there. She had planned to leave her car in Hogsmeade where Madam Rosmerta had kindly offered to keep it stowed away in her empty shed behind the Three Broomsticks, she had found out through several letters that Madam Rosmerta was a bit of a car fanatic and always wished she had learned so Hermione had been encouraging her to start when she next visited the Muggle towns. 