Reasons for wilderness huts 11/12: huts built for hikers by voluntary work

Many cozy and personal wilderness huts are built by hiking associations or such. See some examples.

Wild beauty!

Red Campion inspired me to select ten wild beauties from my photo archives!

The wonderful first summer days!

The weather conditions are just perfect right now. This is the best time to hike! Or...

Reasons for wilderness huts 10/12: other reasons

In this post you'll find some more extraordinary origins for wilderness huts.

World Book Day

Today is World Book Day! There's a campaign called #behindeverybook, and here's my contribution.

Reasons for wilderness huts 9/12: collecting hay

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.

Reasons for wilderness huts 8/12: water mills

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.

Reasons for wilderness huts 7/12: cabins for fire guards

Imagine the life of a fire guard. Alone deep in the middle of backwoods, and with a great responsibility. What better place to imagine this than a wilderness hut that used to be a fire guard's cabin! In addition the scenery is superb.

Blog news and book news

This is my 100th blog post! See what have been the most viewed topics. And see what my two new books look like!

Snow depth

Is there snow where you live? Finland is divided into two this winter: in south there is no snow, in north there is plenty. See some snowy pics!