scricfinia | Hiking, trekking, backpacking in Finland. In depth.
From book reviews: "This really is guidebook writing at its best." "Overall, this is one of the best guidebooks I’ve seen on backpacking in Scandinavia." "The book does a very good job at its two main tasks. Does it make me want to go hiking in Finland? Yes. Does it give me the information I need to do so? Yes." (I stuck this post to the top of my blog, so the newest post is below this one.)
More pics of wild beauty, and pics from our family hikes, and more cloudberries than I've ever seen...
In this twelve post series I've told about over one hundred wilderness huts, about their origins, and with map links. After this it's time to write about something else... But first welcome to see 15 more hut pics! 🙂
Many cozy and personal wilderness huts are built by hiking associations or such. See some examples.
Red Campion inspired me to select ten wild beauties from my photo archives!
The weather conditions are just perfect right now. This is the best time to hike! Or...
In this post you'll find some more extraordinary origins for wilderness huts.
Do you like writing, maybe poems or lyrics? And do you like nature? Here's a competition where you can combine these two!
Today is World Book Day! There's a campaign called #behindeverybook, and here's my contribution.
Imagine it's 19th century and you are living in the middle of forest. No road comes to your home, and there are no tractors or other oil-based helpers. Clearing a forest or a rich mire into a field is very hard work, and there is not much field area around your house. How do you feed your cows during winter? By reaping hay from bogs.
Water mill is a fascinating invention. There used to be thousands of water mills in Finland. Most of them are ruins now, but some are restored as sights, and some even serve as wilderness huts.
