Lakes and trees

Lakes and trees, for me the three words evoke memories of a country I always love to visit - Finland. Maybe the appeal is augmented by the generosity of my great hosts, but I think it's the sheer scale, beauty and space that appeals. Here you can find stillness like few other places I've been to; stillness that lets you hear a duck splashing about on a lake 500m from where you are sitting. The same kind of stillness and peace that it seems is so easily broken just by pressing the shutter on a camera - even before the mirror starts to move.

Ruolahti in the country some two hours drive north of Helsinki is on the shore of Lake Päijänne
Staying in one of the cottages that you can find here: www.lomamokitruolahti.fi

There's lots more to come, don't forget it's the time of the Neste Rally, sometimes called the Finnish Grand Prix, but to many simply the Finnish round of the World Rally Championship so it's time for a visit to one of the key places in rally history - Jyväskylä.

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