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Ruovesi 2012: A lazy day in lovely Ruovesi

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A lazy day in lovely Ruovesi. 160;Friday, 27 July 2012. Another lovely day here, with the temperature reaching 25C this afternoon. And the lake temperature has also reached its highest point of our whole holiday, with 25C being recorded both here at the cottage, in Lake Kankijarvi and also down in Ruovesi itself, where we spent much of the afternoon! Looking at the forecast for the next week, it will certainly get warmer yet, though unfortunately, we will be back home by then. Labels: Friday 27th July.

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Ruovesi 2012: 1st day at Lake Kankijarvi- back to basics!

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1st day at Lake Kankijarvi- back to basics! 160;Sunday, 22 July 2012. Anna on the jetty! Looking back from the lake to the sauna. So, to wash, we have to heat a large stove next to the sauna down by the lake, and mix this hot water with cold water that is pumped from the lake and throw it all over ourselves in a small tiled area next to the sauna itself! This will be interesting! And, to be fair, it's very beautiful here! However, that signal is weak and intermittent, so uploading many pictures might tak...

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Jyväskylä 2012: Wednesday 18th July

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160;Wednesday, 18 July 2012. Today, I'm telling the story by pictures, instead of writing too much description! See below for details:. Setting off to fish this morning on the boat- nothing was doing though and we were soon back on the jetty. Olivia was first to catch something- a perch, and doesn't she look happy? S andy caught a larger perch a few moments after this picture was taken. For Anna and myself, it was relaxation time- let the children do the work! With Lake Palvajärvi in the background.

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Jyväskylä 2012: What an eventful day...

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What an eventful day. 160;Friday, 20 July 2012. First of all, Happy Anniversary to my mum and dad back in Scotland! Hope you have had a lovely day. This morning, we had no plans at all. It was a case of just seeing what the weather might do. As it looked cloudy and not very promising first thing, Anna suggested we walk up the road a bit and pick some blueberries. We spent an hour and a half on this and ate loads, saw some frogs, and came back with piles of them! So we waited a while and prepared dinner.

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Ruovesi 2012: A perfect Finnish day!

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A perfect Finnish day! 160;Thursday, 26 July 2012. Before lunch, Sandy had been keen to catch a lizard here- there are lots of them living close to the lake, and they come out to sun themselves on the jetty, so we worked for a while and eventually cornered one and caught it- see the photo below. So, Finland's weather certainly appears to be influenced by the jet-stream too. For us, we will be happy to enjoy the sunshine for the next couple of days here, before we head home! By the lake in Ruovesi.

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Ruovesi 2012: Tampere and Sarkanniemi

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160;Tuesday, 24 July 2012. Taken at 10.15 this evening, halfway between the cottage and the lake, after we returned from Sarkanniemi. Today we set off early from the cottage to head to Tampere, aiming to get there before the 10.00am opening time for Sarkanniemi Adventure Park. We got there with a couple of minutes to spare, though the journey did take just over an hour. Labels: Tuesday 24th July. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Our Blogger Templates Web Design. 160; © Blogger template.

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Parikkala 2012: The weirdest place in Finland?

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The weirdest place in Finland? 160;Tuesday, 10 July 2012. About to enter the park. There are some seriously weird characters in here. Sandy gets into the spirit of the place. Dozens of sculptures up by the house. An attempt to copy the Water Lily pond of Monet's? Back home in the afternoon- we splashed about in the lake. Two miles down the road, we came to the sculpture park, created by Veijo Ronkonnen. I took this directly from the web, as it describes the place rather accurately. Although he has had th...