Swamp Route

Friday was phenomenaly warm Autumn day. Almost the highest in recorded history. 22 degree Celcius (71.6F) it was. And all blue sky. That would be a great Summer day too, it was that warm. Me and my mom went for a hike in the woods. Wellcome to Lahti Healt Forrest.

It was new route to me. There´s all these marking along the way. That orange tree/man sign we was following. There´s hundreds of small walk paths and there´s marking at every path crossing so you wouldn´t go the wrong way. 

There´s warnings of slippery and for mountain bikers. At one place it said it´s a demanding path. And oh boy that was just that. Last ice age formed these ridges. Thre´s hills every where you go. At these scenes are world class skiing routes. It really was demanding. Almost 45 degree uphills at places. 

There´s all these small treasures to find in there. I thought this was a mushsroom growing on a tree stump. I got little closer and what? This is really nice find. Tee or coffee anyone?

More watery places there was these nice duckboards for easier access.

We had coffee in thermos and some sandwiches which we had at this small swamp pond. There´s wooden benches to sit and enjoy the Mother Nature. In several places.

The route was supposed to be 3.4km (2.11 miles). We missed some path marking and ended up walking douple that. My mom is notorious to get lost in forrest, this was not the first time. We was beat and barely made it back where we strated. With help from my mobile. I have not much good to say about  mobiles but this time it was really handy.

 

Been there, done that. There´s more than 100 of these small paths in this area. We shall return the area. Next time I´m navigating.  My legs are killing me yet still. Very sore indeed. It was a very hard for me but am pleased we did it. I literaly hugged a tree first time in my life. It felt bit weird and very nice at the same time.