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We hardly ever eat in the hotels where we stay – the best hotel doesn’t mean the best restaurant in town. In this case though, it does.

I wouldn’t normally post a picture of a meal, but the steak and deconstructed lobster that we had was one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten.

This morning we’re off up the mountain. A cable car and a series of gondolas takes us up to the Alpen Tower, high above Meiringen.

We hike up to the highest point. It’s absolutely freezing.

Stunning views down to distant Lake Brienz.

On the way back down we stop at a couple of hamlets alongside the lift. Thankfully it begins to get warmer.

Views back to the valley from our lunch stop at Rueti.

We returned to Meiringen on the cable car and went back to the hotel to jettison most of our extra layers. Opposite the hotel is the Sherlock Holmes museum. Let’s take a look.

The interior of 221B Baker Street, faithfully reproduced after years of research.

It’s a lovely little museum, and you get an audio guide to help you get around. A statue outside.

One of the problems with this is that it’s all covered in such meticulous detail that you forget that it’s fiction. Sherlock Holmes is an honorary citizen of Meiringen, but his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle isn’t. Go figure.