At eight-thirty a.m. she sets out for the GP's surgery. She passed her driving test months ago, but the twenty-minute walk there is just short enough that there's no point in bringing her little Mini along. Most of the shops are beginning to open now. She passes two Co-ops, three restaurants, and a church on the way. The church is an odd one: it's called the Church of Hogwarts, and Hermione has never quite been able to ascertain precisely what denomination of Christianity they practise. It can't be a popular one. They don't advertise the saving powers of Jesus Christ on posters outside, or go knocking door-to-door, and she's never seen anyone outside.