Re: International Meet in Switzerland 2018

That is an absolutely beautiful colour combination on the FF.
Kees Oudesluijs
Kees Oudesluijs
A technical and discussion forum for all Jensen enthusiasts
https://www.joc.org.uk/forum/
Sorry Dave!les ateliers de restauration ne peuvent pas être visités.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories
The town and the falls are known worldwide as the setting for a fictional event: it is the location where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hero, Sherlock Holmes, fights to the death with Professor Moriarty, at the end of "The Final Problem", first published in 1893. A memorial plate at the funicular station commemorates Holmes and there is also a Sherlock Holmes museum in the nearby town of Meiringen.
Out of many waterfalls in the Bernese Oberland, Reichenbach Falls seems to have made the greatest impression on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was shown them on a Swiss holiday by his host Sir Henry Lunn, the founder of Lunn Poly. Sir Henry's grandson, Peter Lunn, recalled, "My grandfather said 'Push him over the Reichenbach Falls' and Conan Doyle hadn’t heard of them, so he showed them to him." So impressed was Doyle that he decided to let his hero die there.
The actual ledge from which Moriarty fell is on the other side of the falls from the funicular; it is accessible by climbing the path to the top of the falls, crossing the bridge and following the trail down the hill. The ledge is marked by a plaque as illustrated here; the English inscription reads: "At this fearful place, Sherlock Holmes vanquished Professor Moriarty, on 4 May 1891." The pathway on which the duel between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty occurs ends some hundred metres away from the falls. When Doyle viewed the falls, the path ended very close to the falls, close enough to touch it, yet over the hundred years after his visit, the pathway has become unsafe and slowly eroded away, and the falls have receded further back into the gorge.
DaveT wrote:Felix, thank you for trying ( to organise a visit to the restoration workshops at Mulhouse), I was not expecting success, but if you don't ask...Mike Smith, 541S and AH owner, has been on an organised AH tour which had some sort of contact within the museum workshop, but he did not organise it himself. I will ask him if he can help at all.
Kevin Birch wrote:Just awaiting confirmation with Michi that we (Nigel & myself) are now booked in, so will see you all there for the full monty. A long story to get to this point, which we will certainly bore you all with when we get there.
Looking forward to it.
johnw wrote:Also radar detectors are banned in Switzerland. Ferrari driving friends recommend Camsam from google play, but it gets it wrong sometimes, if there is one on the flyover above it still warns you. Really it is best to stick to limits, it is NOT Germany, which is very close! Don't get mixed up! Strangely you WILL have a mile long queue of irate motorists behind you if/when you do behave. Police also don't like you driving too slowly here. Aim to drive 2 to 5 kph below the limit using a Sat Nav. The Police are a funny bunch and can be unexpectedly very friendly! However speeding fines easily go into many £1000s very quickly for 30kph over.
Don't bother bringing any beer or alcohol with you. It is cheaper and the low price stuff is better in Switzerland than the UK. Even Aldi do a decent Weissbeer, 50p for 500ml. Lidl were selling Weissbeer for 30p a can last weekend. Denner is good for Alcohol, also Coop is ok. Water from street fountains is especially good. In tests most of it beats top branded bottled water! E.Leclerc is a French brand of hypermarket around Basel that sells good French quality food, Antifreeze, screenwash, and oils (rarely they even have 20w50) at reasonable prices. "Carter Cash", 170 Rue des Romains, 68200 Mulhouse, France, is as close as it gets to Halfords (their oil stocks are a bit dodgy though), they keep jacks, axle stands, tools, etc. There is a Hypermarket next door (probably better oils, brake fluid etc there), but strangely that hypermarket has seriously gone down hill recently.