Lake walk

By about 6.45 I was thinking it was turning into a very long evening. I thought it would be good to go for a walk. I figured that if there were over 200,000 lakes in Finland there must be one near to me! I looked at the map and found Iidesjarvi and thought I would set off and try to find it. After about 20 minutes walking I glimpsed the lake through the trees:

Lake in centre above train wires!

I walked down to the lake but realised that the road did not go right alongside the lake. I noticed that there was a trodden down area leading towards the lake to I followed it down.

I then crossed over the road and looked at some of the buildings. There was a school - the only reason I knew it was a school was because it had Koulu on it, to me it certainly didn't look like a school.

There was also a traditional wooden house. I have been surprised that many of the houses are built from wood. Pirjo explained that they retain the heat in the winter and are cool in the summer.

I have been noticing the change in the flowers and trees. It feels as though we are moving into summer already. I had seen many wild plants that looked like lupins and I found some that were flowering and the lilac is now in full bloom.

I then walked back, finding a short cut which was slightly challenging as I came down the stones!

I shall now enjoy having my tea and catching up on The Apprentice on BBC I-player!