Safe Return Doubtful

Day 36 – to Lemmenjoki (National Park) The winter wardrobe was out this morning, and the day not forecast to get above 11C, and getting cooler as the week progresses. There were far less people around at the hiking trailhead also, though just as I thought I was one of…

Day 35 – at Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park The weather is supposed to be turning a lot colder this coming week, but for now, it is the Arctic at its finest, cool nights down to 4 or 5C, clear skies, and daytime highs about 16C, but with a decent breeze that keeps…

Day 34 – to north side of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park I awoke to the lure of the Adelaide Oval and watched a good part of the rugby Test, Australia and South Africa. The fine morning weather wasn’t going to last today though, so I took the dog into the National…

Route Update – Östersund to Äkäslompolo http://“http/a Mapy.cz

Day 32 – to Äkäslompolo, Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park This is an unseasonably fine and warm spell of weather for the area. I was chatting with a couple of local hikers this morning and they said that usually there had been several frosts by now. As regards viewing the Northern Lights, I’m…

Day 31 – to Äkäslompolo, Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park If every town had the sort of outdoor activity access that Rovaniemi has Health Services would certainly benefit. There are tracks of several kilometres that have lights for the winter. Though cross-country skiing isn’t a cheap sport, people grow up with it here.…

Day 30 – at Rovaniemi A cloudless cool morning good for the van’s health as well as mine, in that it can store up some solar energy. The weather the area has been having has meant many mosquitoes already have died off, according to a German hiker I was talking…

Day 29 – to Rovaniemi The mystery of the red truck was solved for me this morning. I posted a photograph of it a couple of days ago, doubting its economy and dreading its emissions. It arrived here with a German guy driving four years ago, and hasn’t moved since.…