> But then we have to make our escape uphill. No fast-sailing wind-rider of
> the swan-roads to help. Getaway vehicle needed. Either car back to the
> castle, or someone hire a boat in the first place. Though either way, the
> whole point is a means of transport faster than the locals possess, so I
> think we need a helicopter.
A zeppelin, just a small one.
It has the advantage of being able to drift in silently, then depart at speed; and it may even be appropriate (or am I getting a bit "Castle Falkenstein"?).
-- John Machin "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All." - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'. ------------------------------
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