Ian had a lot of trouble with the navigation today. Number 3 control was a major challenge, taking the scenic route to the lake and quarter of the way around the lake, he found that he had ended up at the far end of the lake and had almost circumnavigated it. Ian is not used to finding lovelly lakes on his course, and eventually relocated back to the part of the map where he should have been. Ian had the buffet lunch today at the Kisakallio sport centre, 8 euros for an all you can eat of salads and two hot dishes. Quite different to the NZ orienteering event food stalls.
Raewyn said that her navigation between controls had improved, but was still challenged finding the control as there was lots of map details around the control.
Last night we visited the Tytyrin underground limestone mine museum which is on the edge of Lohja. There was a drive down a spiral tunnel to 88 m below the ground level where there were dispalys of mine machinery, and a light dispaly in a huge cavern. Steven and Angela had not had enough exercise for the day, and took the option of climbing the 550 stairs back to the surface! Steven wants to buy the large rock mover that the mine company was selling for 1 euro / kg, but he doesn't know how much it weighs.
Tomorrow is the last day of the FIN 5 orienteering event. We will all travel to Helsinki after the event and stay one night there. Ian, Raewyn and Steven then travel by train to St Petersburg for 3 nights before returning to Finland. Angela is hoping to stay in Finland for a few more days of orienteering before traveling to Sweden for Oringen, which is a large 5 day orienteering event.
Our host, Ville has provided some reindeer for us to taste tonight. He has also got some Leipajuunsto (cheese) to go with our Lakkahillo (orange cloud berries).
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