After a good night’s sleep I woke to the novel sensation of getting up at Kylkeinen without having six dogs to feed! I decided to take a short walk and see if I could find the nearby hut belonging to my friend Robby. I stayed their one night many years ago so I vaguely remembered where it was. After wandering around for a while I found my way to the edge of the lake, but clearly still wasn’t in the
Category: 2026
2026 Trip – Day 2
Got up very late as I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep on the train (does anyone ever). Had a short walk and then some lunch. I agreed with Timo that I would spend a night at Kylkeinen. He said he needed to check if access was OK, so trundled off in his tractor to do so. On his return we agreed that I would walk down to the cabin and that he would send my bag later together with
2026 Trip – Day 1
Rather an unusual sledding trip this year as I won’t be doing any sledding! Finland is experiencing its earliest Spring in living memory (including that of Timo’s 86 year old mother) and the snow is rapidly disappearing. I knew about these problems in advance, but since I was already booked to attend a work meeting in Oulu, I had to come to Finland anyway. I therefore propose to spend a few days just enjoying the peace and quiet of the