Granny had just acquired her broom at that time a low-performance but oddly durable device that has been likened to "a split-window Morris Minor." (It has been noted that in the Dutch translations of Pratchett's early books, the concept of a split-window Morris Minor has been replaced with a Dutch term used to describe the sort of clunking elderly one-gear bicycle ridden by elderly women in a very unsteady fashion (omafiets).). Well, she was driving and he was pillion, but there's the look of the thing to consider. A previous Archchancellor daringly took Granny Weatherwax on a joy-ride.Lawn to a medical emergency in Night Watch. Ridcully uses one to launch an aerial assault on the Ginger-monster in Moving Pictures.The Lancre coven fly them to Genua in Witches Abroad.There is apparently a museum at Unseen University where several fine examples are kept as curios.
While associated with witches, wizards have been known to use them in extremis: (From the broom plant, ie broomstick.) An early, more sophisticated, version encountered and used by Rincewind and Twoflower had handlebars, although most witches dispense with this accessory. It takes the form of the standard besom, ie a stout stick with a bundle of broom twigs tied securely to one end. A device for magically enhanced travel favoured by witches.
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