Finline 2007
1 Helsinki Cathedral
2 The main harbour.
3 Tall ship
4 Getting directions from a local skater.
5 Nice bicycle tracks. Mechelininkatu
6 Stopping at monuments.
7 View towards LauttaSaari Drumsö island.
8 Lots of watersports.
9 The entrance of the Open-air museum on Seurasaari Fölisön.
10 Skates are not practical out here.
11 Lonely bird.
12 Fortunately all signs are in Swedish as well.
13 A very nice place for Kayaking.
14 Midsummer pole
15 Water mill.
16 Karuna Church
17 Tar Boat.
18 Windmill
19 Bicycle lane south of the center. Ehrenstromvägen.
20 South harbour.
21 Boat trip to Suumenlinna Sveaborg.
22 A military island
23 Fortress walls.
24 900 people are living here.
25 Traditional house.
26 Monday: Meeting the other skaters and boarding for Finline 2007
27 Our shirt match with the restaurant interior.
28 Bart strapping on his skates.
29 Elena, Elena and Alexey From Russia.
30 Tommy from Sweden.
31 Panu, Pekka (Finland) and Genadi (Russia).
32 Angelika (Germany) and Raija (Finland).
33 Anna giving the first press conference.
34 Raija leading her pack.
35 Elean and Bossi.
36 Up and down through the landscape.
37 The Russion group: Elena, Elena, Alexey, Andrei.
38 Emergency repair. Lost an axle.
39 Seeking shelter from rain.
40 Inside an old barn.
41 Sean (USA), Roland (Sweden), Panu, and Bart (Netherlands).
42 Veronique (NL), Merja , Bossi and Anna (FIN)
43 Discussing the next day.
44 Yes my first appearance in a Finnish newspaper while shooting video.
45 Getting ready for day two.
46 Leaving the Kotka in one group.
47 Wide bycucle lanes around every town.
48 Plenty of water.
49 Second repair stop.
50 sweating in a very warm Finland.
51 Time for a dive in a lake,
52 Taking a break.
53 Tommy with his Nordic sticks.
54 And Bossi as well.
55 Angelika.
56 Roling into KuusanKoski.
57 Beautiful sunset, reflecting houses in the water.
58 Bart.
59 Lonely barn.
60 Change of scenery.
61 Sean, Xavier (France)
62 Waterstop.
63 Church.
64 Cake and coffee.
65 Local art.
66 The theehouse/museum.
67 Veronique total loss.
68 The fast group.
69 Surprise: another lake.
70 Whoops, getting heavy now.
71 Or not? Flat landscape.
72 Tommy, Merja (Finland), Dirk (Germany)
73 Home art.
74 Nice place
75 What a sight.
76 Hmmm, we didn't spot any.
77 Eating somthing "healthy"
78 Angelika
79 Very spacious accomodation.
80 With massage chairs.
81 Bossi cleaning his bearings.
82 View from the room.
83 Panu explaining what to expect tomorrow.
84 Dirk, Joha, Anna.
85 Sean, Bart and Veronique.
86 Tommy, Bossi.
87 Angelika and me.
88 Drinking at a bar at the lake side.
89 And eating strawberries.
90 Another beautiful sunset.
91 Endless lakes.
92 Not a bad place to rest.
93 Raijas' group.
94 A dam between two lakes.
95 Getting our vitamins again.
96 sean with his aerodynamic haircut.
97 Veronique taking a swim at the stop.
98 Anna, Johanna and Kirsi (bus driver).
99 Bossi what are you doing?
100 Xavier, Bart, Veronique.
101 Finnish relaxing chair.
102 We feel no pain :-)
103 Sean relieved to have completed the 108km stage.
104 Even the rocks are smiling. Or am I drunk.
105 Tommy arriving.
106 The vacation resort at the lake.
107 Joha.
108 Silent environment.
109 And lot's of space
110 In the middle of nature.
111 Weekend houses.
112 Bart being a gentle man.
113 Joha, Jouni and Sean.
114 The sauna cabin.
115 Collision on a spacious lake.
116 The ladies cabin.
117 It's raining. Putting plastic bags over the skates.
118 We can't get lost this way.
119 The dorm.
120 The boat transfer to the sauna.
121 Sean, Andrei,
122 Dirk
123 Our private island (for one evening :-)
124 The Sauna cabin.
125 Pekka explaining how to heat it up.
126 BBQ-evening.
127 Anna and Kirsi back to their childhood.
128 The last kms rolling into Mikkeli.
129 Every one in the group shirt.
130 The end!
131 The Streetgliders flag.
132 Taking pictures.
133 And getting interviewed.
134 And in the news paper again.
135 Next time champagne instead of beer? ;-)
136 Farewell dinner in Helsinki.
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Peter Nikkel.
peter@nikkel.nl
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