Emmental - Holmes & Watson are welcomed at Friedersmatt in Bowil (photo by Jean Upton)

At the Grand Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlaken - Jeff Spinner, Stephen Farrell & Roger Johnson (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - townspeople, visitors and members of the Society await the next part of the programme (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - the last day - ... and wins a bronze maquette of the statue (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - the last day - gathering at the statue (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Dame Jean Conan Doyle approaches the lectern (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Dame Jean Conan Doyle speaks (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Dr Watson and the Chairman, Shirley Purves, join Dame Jean Conan Doyle's party (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Dame Jean Conan Doyle assures Chatherine Doyle that she is fully prepared (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Peter Steiler & Sherlock Holmes meet Dame Jean Conan Doyle, Eileen Holman & Catherine Doyle (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Catherine Doyle, Dame Jean Conan Doyle & Eileen Holman with Albert Kunz (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Philip Porter & Tim Owen planting the commemorative tree (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - the professionals ensure that the commemorative tree is properly planted (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Catherine Doyle, Dame Jean Conan Doyle & Eileen Holman leave the Englischer Hof (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - Catherine Doyle, Dame Jean Conan Doyle & Eileen Holman leave the Englischer Hof (photo by Jean Upton)

Meiringen - the last day - Jean Upton gets to know the statue of Sherlock Holmes (photo courtesy of Jean Upton)

Meiringen - the last day - John Reid, designer of the Baker Street sitting-room at the newly opened Sherlock Holmes Museum (photo by Jean Upton)

Reginald Musgrave & Effie Grant Munro (photo by Jean Upton)

Dr Watson's sadness is evident to all (photo by Jean Upton)

At the Hotel Regina, Grindelwald - as usual, Dr Shlessinger (Peter Horrocks), is surrounded by devoted ladies (photo by Jean Upton)