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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816   
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This year LROS celebrate their 30 years Jubilee. July 14-16 in Sankt Stephan, a picture perfect Swiss Alps mountain village south of Bern in the Simmenthal region.
The event is open to Land Rover owners/fans of all countries. As for ourselves it is only a few hours driving, we plan to attend for a one day trip all of saturday July 15. Anybody else here having plans to attend? Event website, program, and registration link copied below. Eric http://jubi.lros.ch/en/ http://jubi.lros.ch/wp-content/uploads/201..._02_17.pdf http://jubi.lros.ch/en/30-years-celebration/#sektion1 http://jubi.lros.ch/en/#ribbon_bottom You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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16th Apr 2017 3:14pm |
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| flydive Member Since: 27 Aug 2015 Location: Lugano Posts: 290 
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I do not know if I'm working those days, but if possible I'll try to attend. A bit of a drive from here
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17th Apr 2017 1:54pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3751  
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Hey Eric, there's a guy (dealer) in the U.K. who's got an interesting SVX SWB Soft Top in stock.
Google graemehunt.com! Pickles. |
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17th Apr 2017 11:08pm |
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| gumdrop Member Since: 16 Jan 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 124 
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Shame
 I'll be driving the restored Defender 50th down to Chatel in August and Sankt Stephan is only a couple of hours away! Cheers
Simon ------------------------- 50th D90 - my toy! Freelander SE Td4 3 door - local run around 1958 Series 1- Rag top! |
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18th Apr 2017 1:53pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512 
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Yes, registered!
 Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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18th Apr 2017 6:54pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Little more than two weeks away now. Land Rovers coming from about everywhere apparently for this celebration weekend, including from England as per below. Any members on here (in addition to VeeTee)?
Below the message from LRoS president about the event. Eric Daniel Hotz • President LRoS Happy Birthday LRoS and welcome to our Jubilée! Dear LRoS members, friends and guests of our jubilee festival! It has been 30 years since a small group of enthusiasts founded the "Land Rovers of Switzerland" club in Egerkingen on February 1st 1987. Club life was difficult to organize at the beginning: the members of the club were constantly traveling to distant destinations and the finding of common appointments or the filling of executive functions were major challenges for the small club! And it did not always just run smoothly. There were conflicts and crises to cope with. In spite of all the challenges, the leaders at the time managed to lead the club successfully. Thus the club developed continuously and today brings together members from all linguistic regions of Switzerland as well as from near and far countries in europe and even overseas. In this jubilee year we are expected to welcome our 600th member in the club! The most important milestones of the LRoS: 1987 • Founding of Land Rovers of Switzerland in Egerkingen SO 1997 • 10 year anniversary, St. Stephan BE 2002 • 15 year anniversary, Niederried BE 2007 • 20 year anniversary, Sarnen OW 2012 • 25 year anniversary, Bure JU 2017 • 30 year anniversary, St. Stephan BE We are celebrating our 30th anniversary, just as 20 years ago on the former military airfield of St. Stephan in the beautiful Obersimmental area. Thanks to the great work of our organization committee under the leadership of OK President and Vice President of the LRoS Töbi Maag and great support of the municipal authorities of St. Stephan, the local tradesmen, associations, private persons and members of our club, we will enjoy three unforgettable days togheter! We expect about 600 participants from all over Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, England and even the USA and Africa! We would like to deliberately celebrate this anniversary with all of you in the spirit of Swiss traditions. The first Land Rover were built for the use in agriculture and rural areas. Therefore Land Rover and Swiss traditions are a perfect match. Both stands for reliability, identification and sense of belonging. These are also the emotions that we associate with our club life! Together with the organization committee, the helpers and supporters, we invite you to explore and enjoy with us these emotions! In this issue you will find all important information about the event and the programme. Enjoy the excursions on alpine trails, which are normally not accessible for private traffic, and the encounter with the people who pursue their hard work in the seclusion of the Alps. Look forward to the sounds of the alphorn, the yodel and the traditional Swiss folk music. Witness the traditional “Schwingen” (kind of Swiss martial arts) competitions and climb into the linen pants to prove yourself in the sawdust. Enjoy or take part in the Series Land Rover Rally and see the famous "Papyrus"-hunter, a beautiful piece of riveted aluminum from England. Enjoy the delicious and exclusive local specialties at our food mile, at the VIP dinner and the “Buure-Zmorge” (rich farmer breakfast). Demonstrate your abilities as driver at the fun drive or just watch it. Explore the central market place for parts and souvenirs and learn how a medical support organization, under the direction and commitment of club members provide sustainable medical development assistance in Africa. Inform yourself at the stand of the tourist office about the surrounding area or fly with the helicopter directly into the breathtaking mountain scenery of the Bernese Alps. Meet old and new friends at the bar or in the great camp on the runway. Let the enthusiasm jump over to other guests and curious visitors from near and far! This is a celebration for young and old, the whole family! As President of the Land Rover Club Switzerland, I would like to wish us all very memorable days and accident free travels to and from the event. Thank you for celebrating with us! Daniel Hotz President Land Rovers of Switzerland You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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28th Jun 2017 9:28am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Got a magazine in the mail today. We are one week away of this.
Eric  Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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7th Jul 2017 12:46pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512
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See you there Eric!
Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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7th Jul 2017 12:49pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Saturday
Hope the weather there in the north will play ball, because next week Saturday forecast for St.Stephan, BE right now says a daytime high temp of 14C only  , and pretty high chance of rain. 
Feels like we will be visiting Ch'tis country, if you know what I mean. (Those in the U.K. can google "Ch'tis", will quickly be clear to them) 
Worst case scenario is that the SVX will test it's windshield wipers, a rare event. 
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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7th Jul 2017 1:09pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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For anybody attending the event and relying on their satnav to get there, here is the correct event address and coordinates as I received from LRoS when inquiring about it.
Eric Flugplatz 4 3772 St. Stephan in St. Stephan nach dem Sägewerk Rieder nach rechts abbiegen (Duerrenwaldstr./Moos) Bahngeleise und Fluss (Simme) überqueren nach dem Beginn der Piste links halten Die Hausnummer ist auf den meisten Navis nicht enthalten. Wir werden in St. Stephan ab der Hauptstrasse Wegweiser aufstellen. oder als Koordinaten: CH1903: 597'479.6, 149'945.3 CH1903+: 2'597'479.29, 1'149'945.36 WGS 84 (lat/lon): 46.50081, 7.40581 oder 46°30′02.932″ N 7°24′20.907″E You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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10th Jul 2017 6:14am |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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So this was a success story, very well organized, beautiful scenery, and the Simmenthal weather played ball for the entire three days. We had the pleasure of meeting up yesterday with Veetee, a def2 member who attended from afar with a nice selection of the LRCH members and vehicles.
Pictures say it all I guess, so here a selection. Arrival to the event with numerous Land Rovers all over the nearby towns. Never had to wave so much Click image to enlarge Commemorative plate we all received Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge General view of the scene Click image to enlarge Hospitality at the LRCH site Click image to enlarge Veetee's nice 300Tdi Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Selection of the Series parade Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Some more beauties Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Different generations Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Now, here follow some pictures of something unfortunate which happened during the most fantastic ever Defender Celebration event organized here by our Swiss importer Emil Frey in July 2015. Link below http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic35698-45.html Some on here still may remember about the accidental shot that was fired from a gun in a series vehicle which pierced a Defender Hunter edition and the bullet finally ending in another Defender. Here is the quote which explains in short.
Here are some pictures taken by kitoper at the time...
Now why do i bring this all up again? Well two years later, the Hunter in question was here at the LRoS 30 years celebration event, and I was surprised to see how they solved it by just plugging the hole (and replacing the door window of course). Cannot believe that the owner only agreed to have the hole plugged. I think I would have sued the hell out of that guy who left a armed war gun in his Land Rover in reach of everybody. Maybe the Hunter owner thinks it adds character to his truck. This is how it looks today. 
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Little more flavor Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Trade stands Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Here's an interesting brand new product we discovered. Top quality, more about this later.... Click image to enlarge And last, but not least. A bit of dutch/swiss diplomacy over raclette and a few beers.
Click image to enlarge Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw Last edited by ericvv on 17th Jul 2017 4:58am. Edited 3 times in total |
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16th Jul 2017 4:48pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769  
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Surely the bullet hole is appropriate in a hunter edition? Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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16th Jul 2017 6:06pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10358
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Nice photos. Thanks for sharing.
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16th Jul 2017 7:12pm |
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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3461  
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They are all minters! Are there not any rubbish and rotten LR's in Switzerland??
Great bullet story 1951 80" S1 2.0 1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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16th Jul 2017 7:27pm |
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