Experience a Finnish nature trip with forest around a lake near Nastola Finland

We decided to make a Finnish nature trip here because trails are hidden only 10 km off the main road and few people come through. The walk around the lake took us an hour, challenging at some points, but no need to take a map, just boots and mosquito repellant.

This trail is without marks or guides, unlike alpine trails in Southern Europe.

Enjoy the trip!

Entering into the woods Markku chooses the left path.

We spot a beaver dam. The dam is more than 10 years old.

Panning to the right of the previous picture.

Wooden bridge connecting two paths separated by a stream.

Playing near a brook in the Finnish woods.

Finnish kids playing at the Finnish forest stream.

Stones are popular.

Small waterfall drops 3 feet down.

Rosa near a 3 foot waterfall.

Spruce tree roots crawling over the ground.

Markku and I begin our treck around the lake. A pick of meadow wool.

Dead birch trees in abundance likely caused by...

...the beaver dam. The map showed that this area is only a stream, not a lake. After the beavers build their dam, as the water levels rose, water covered the birch roots and killed the trees.

Beavers are at work felling and chipping away.

Half-felled birch felled by beavers. Beavers fell trees toward the lake, without using any special equiptment-- just teeth

Roof of hunting cottage shown on top left corner

Markku and I stop at an old abandoned hunting cottage.

View of lake from an abandoned hunting cottage panning from left to right across the lake.

View of lake from an abandoned hunting cottage. Panning from left to right across the lake.

Roof of hunting cottage shown on top right corner.

View of lake with beheaded dead birch trees. Panning to the right.

View of lake, more dead birch, after panning to the far right.

Birchtree gnarl. Special wooden bowls can be made with this kind of tree in Finland. It's valuable!! Markku wondered why no one had taken the tree home.

Top of birchtree

More birch gnarls. Same tree as previous. Camera pointing upward. Looking into the sky with a sunny view of the treetop.

Back from our treck around the lake. -A little frog in the center of Markku's palm.

Cloudberry leaves. Northern Finland has lots of these. Cloudberry fruit makes great jam.

Aura stands near a field surrounded by meadow wool.

Meadow wool everywhere surrounding our narrow wooden walkway.

Ovular shape with white soft wooley texture

A typical northern style Finnish swamp lake, to the left of our walkway.

Flowers during our Finnish nature trip. Kielot -Lily of the Valley

'Forest Star' with seven semi-conical points. June is blossoming time for 'Forest Stars' in Finland

Typical Finnish outhouse with toilet-paper, no running water -yet--looks clean-!!

Where are we? -Nature hike near Nastola Finland. 2,7 km from Pajulahti 2,1 km From Villahde.

Map of where the nature trip is. Around 10 minutes drive to Nastola, east of the larger town Lahti.

Green area is forest.

Back from our Nastola Finland nature trip we sit down relax and...

Begin constructing a wooden handcrafted sailboat. Straight twigs as mast. Carefully carved holes to fit masts in.

Sails are made of birch bark -Markku cuts up some bark.

Mounting of the birch bark sails on our crafted boats . A handy tool to have -a pocketknife

Handcrafted wooden sailboat for kids. !Complete!

After our Finnish nature trip hike everyone is ready for a typical Finnish summer lunch. Marinated BBQ chicken grilling over a grill.

Rest at last--sleeping in a small two story summer cottage on the lake. Mosquito nets keep the bugs out. Complete with lots of TV channels.

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