Our wildcamping spot on the car park for the Hepokongas waterfall should have turned out to be perfect. It was peaceful, we were on our own and there was even somewhere to empty the cassette. It was not to be.…

After dinner yesterday, the few fishermen who had been present at our campsite had disappeared and we had the whole place to ourselves. We brewed a cup of tea and took it down to the lake’s edge and sat and…

Last night I took the plunge, not literally, and went to try a Finnish sauna. I was a little bit nervous, because I know that the sauna is a central part of Finnish culture and I suspected there were all…

As usual on a campsite life has slowed down a bit. Out come the comfy outdoor chairs and there is a constant chorus of “would you like a cup of tea”. That’s the nice thing about campsites which you don’t…