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…

Photographers talk about the “golden hour” as being the hour just before and after sunset or sunrise where the light is particularly soft and sometimes golden, which adds a certain something to a photograph which wouldn’t be there if it…

We had a great night at our wildcamping spot in Punkaharju National Park. When we had had dinner we went down and sat on the beach looking over the mirror flat lake as the sun sank lower in the sky.…