We are now traveling as a family and are in Lohja, Finland for the FIN 5 day orienteering event. The weather here is very summery, with temperatures in mid to high 20's. We have been here 2 days and have had swims in 2 lakes, which were very refreshing. We are staying in our friends house which is very comfortable‚ thanks Ville and Karolliina.
Ville has taken us for 2 orienteering training sessions in nearby forests. We have found that the forests are quite different to home. They are full of rock, large rock on the surface covered in dry crunchy moss, rock cliffs, and boulders. Underfoot is large broken rock. The marshes are generally dry and only distinguishable by the slightly longer grass and presence of blueberries. Yes, there are blueberry bushes throughout the forest, and we have been pausing often to sample them, they are very sweet and yummy.
Today we were able to find a geocache on the outskirts of Lohja. It was at a site where melting glacier water had created a 5 metre deep hole in the limestone rock. It is our first Finnish geocache, but we hope to find some more during our visit here.
Raewyn, Ian, Angela and Steven
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