Chalet School Land Day Four

The little work horse that . . .

Today's a highlight Chalet day for me. We're going on the Achenseebahn to Jenbach (real name Spartz for we CS fans!) It's the 125th anniversary of the railway this year and it's the oldest steam cog railway in Europe. It figures hugely in the first twelve books when the School is situated in Austria and pops up now and again during its last location in Switzerland.



, , , pushes our carriages back up to Seespitz . .

We catch the ferry from Pertisau to Seespitz where the train starts its journey to Jenbach. It's quite busy but we manage to get seats in the open carriage, which is a disadvantage as far as Dave is concerned because one of the embers from the smoke land on his hand and give him a nasty burn. However, like a true Chalet School boy, there's very little fuss. There's plenty of opportunity for gazing at wildflowers on this trip. I hadn't expected there still to be so many around and I'm ashamed to say that my knowledge is pretty minimal, so I'll be looking all those up when I get back.




. . . in time to meet the ferry to Pertisau

The views on the way down (and back up) are wonderful. I spent some time trying to work out whether the occasional visible road was the one taken by the School but couldn't decide. I certainly wondered how on earth the School managed to get all the girls up (and down!) in the winter, especially when you consider how small some of the "Babies" were!

We arrived in Jenbach to discover that we either had to catch a train back up to the Achensee in fifteen minutes or wait two hours for the next return. We opted for return in fifteen minutes and I was quite relieved to see we weren't the only ones. When we reached Seespitz, we walked back to Pertisau to atone for dipping out in Jenbach.