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Location

Rumo, Valtimo. Near Alkunsuo (a swamp), in a planted forest.

Participants

Pastori
The Wife

Expedition

Nokias on the move again.

Wife had been diligently cleaning the inside of the house all morning and so Pastori thought that in the afternoon Wife needed some airing herself. The nearest hashpoint was only 8.9 km away as the bird flies so off they went. After driving on familiar unpaved roads for 16 km they got as near as 300 m to the point. The Finnish summer weather was at its best with +10 degrees Celsius so all sorts of flying bugs were silent, thankfully. Walking here and there through the slightly difficult to navigate forest Pastori made it to the point at an accuracy of 1.672 m. Pastori called out to Wife who had already lost her way through the thicket. Thankfully she could hear his voice and finally made her way over to take the necessary hashpictures. The fresh air did its task and Wife was successfully aired. On the way back Pastori collected a whisk out of birch branches (Translator's Note: This is called a ”vasta” or a ”vihta” in Finnish, sometimes called a banny venik in English (and Russian). It's a part of bathing in the sauna in Finland.) they later used in the sauna and got some fresh birch smell in there as well. A nice outing.

Driving 32 km, walking 600 m, time 2 hours, including the sauna.