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Continue reading →: Trails of Koli
The highlight of Koli National Park outside of the winter is the ridge that extends from near the Hotel for about a kilometre, taking in three peaks all about 350 metres. The Hotel itself is at 300 metres, so it doesn’t require much effort.mI would imagine that a few weeks…
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Continue reading →: The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
translated from the French by Frank Wynne – published 2024 A French family, father, mother and 9 year old son, are making their way to their father’s old house in the mountains of the Jura, but this is no holiday. We get a drip feed through flashbacks of the situation…
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Continue reading →: Koli National ParkKoli National Park was the fifth of Finland’s National Parks when it was established in 1991. Now there are 41, and it is the third most visited (Pallas–Yllästunturi, despite its northerly situation, is by some way, the most). Koli consists of gentle hills, rising to about 350 metres, lakes and…
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Continue reading →: Cadejo Blanco
Crime Drama Guatemala 2021 – recently released to streaming services This is an evocative indie crime drama with a gradual and addictive reveal. At the heart of it is a wonderful performance by the lead, Karen Martínez, just one of a powerful and yet non-professional cast. Bea and Sarita are…
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Continue reading →: Between National ParksI’ve spent the last two days moving between National Parks, from Oulanka to Koli. Koli is also in the east of Finland, and also quite close to the Russian border. But more on Koli in the next post, as I’ve just got here.. I split the journey at two places…
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Continue reading →: The Karhunkierros TrailTranslated as the Bear’s Trail, or the Bear’s Ring, this long distance hiking path runs for 82 kilometres, and is the most popular in Finland, attracting about 15,000 hikers each year. Over the course of five days I will encounter much of it, starting with the loop section which I…
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Continue reading →: Oulanka National ParkI’ve driven south and east from Pallas National Park. Initially south, to Rovaniemi, where I’ve been two times before. The first time was in September of 1990 when I was on route to Melbourne Cricket Ground in time for the Boxing Day test match, without using aeroplanes. I was hitch-hiking…
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Continue reading →: Boundary by Andrée Michaud
translated from the French (Canada) by Donald Winkler Boundary, a picturesque summer idyll for families from the nearby US as well as from Quebec, is haunted by the legend of a trapper named Pete Landry, whose obsession with a local woman ended in tragedy. When, in 1967, two young women…
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Continue reading →: Taking up an invitationThrough the Facebook group that Roja is a member of I had received an invitation for a park up. This was the VW Crafter self-build group which has been very useful over the years. The member who had invited us, Irakis, is in the process of diverting his 4 wheel…
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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