Praise, praise and praise again .....
for the organizers of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the SL clubs in cooperation with PT and Pagoda SL Group sl113.org. This text on a bus - step in and feel happy - says exactly the feeling you got when arriving at the MB dealership Witteler in Brilon.
A feeling that remained for three days.
With abundant tea, coffee, cakes, soup and sandwiches the arriving participants were welcomed.
The reception team warmly welcomed everyone and handed out a bag with information. Including a beautiful road book with very clear road map for the tour on Saturday.
But first we had a tour in the former Ramsbeck mine.
Also there the Pagodentreff.de chief Detlef Hahn was on duty.
In the museum the objects which were used in the mine were exhibited. One object could be usefull for Pagodaisten who smell gas in there car.
Then it became serious. From tourists, we were converted into blue-collar men and women . The PT-chief feared the worst. He never expected that he should earn the excursion by working as a miner.
As blue-colar woman you have to get used to the narow conditions.
Then we were rolled 300 meters into the mine.
Once there, we felt a little guilty to drive our pagoda. The soldering of the wiring and the tinning of the noches would not have been done without the work of the miners who worked here. Men mostly not older than 40, died from pneumoconiosis and deaf from the noise. This drilling yielded a volume of200 db .
Happily trip into the mine was not a one way trip so we could enjoy the Ettelsberg the evening meal. On the way back from the mine to the hotel the bus driver had said that Sauerland is the Dutch Alps. He was right: high on the slope of the mountain we were greeted by Alpine horns. The beers on the ground made clear that the musicians are real Germans.
In the evening all pagodas were there. Pagodas everywhere, even on the tennis court.
On Saturday was the tour. With 700 signs accurately marked, it the trail was easy to follow. It made me to relax: on a corner I did not notice that my predecessor had not gone away. His metal on the back was harder than my head light glass.
Pity but shards bring luck. The first luck was that at the meeting glasses were for sale. So I could go home with a sound glass .
The gala evening we passed with good conversation and entertainment.
On Sunday the official end of the 50th Year was celebrated at the Mühlenkopfschanzewith with all pagodas together.
The last one was parked spectacular.
Then the paths of the participants separated from an impressive meeting. Hats off to the organizers who made a perfect meeting run smoothly and flexibly with German thoroughness!!!!
