A medieval broomstick on display in the Museum of
Quidditch in London gives us an insight into Lochrin's
discomfort (see Fig. A). A thick knotty handle of
unvarnished ash, with hazel twigs bound crudely to one
end, it is neither comfortable nor aerodynamic. The
charms placed upon it are similarly basic: it will only
move forwards at one speed; it will go up, down and stop.
As wizarding families in those days made their own
brooms, there was enormous variation in the speed,
comfort and handling of the transport available to them.
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