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Cycle Tour Bike trip to the North Cape

Dag 16, etape/stage 12: Haapajärvi-Mankila

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Added on 03 Mar 2014

on 10 Apr 2014

Cycle route metrics

ridden

Total distance in km

113

Cumulative elevation gain in m

278

Avg. slope uphill in %

0,25

Cumulative elevation loss in m

305

Min. height

53

Max. height

139

GPS track data

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Rights owner

Ottocolor

Rights characteristic / license

by-sa: CREATIVE COMMONS Attribution-ShareAlike

Link to the description of the license

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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by Ottocolor on 06 Mar 2014

Track points in total

966

Track points per km (avg)

9

Start/endpoint

Start location

Haapajärvi, Northern Finland, FI (80 m NHN)

End location

Siikalatva, Northern Finland, FI (53 m NHN)

ridden on

01 Jun 2010

Weather

Sunny all day long and warm. Only light winds.

Properties

I decided to ride on the main road towards Nivala, when the bike lane along it ended, but that was toppled by some heavy road works. I ended up wheeling my bike across a meadow in order to reach a gravel road. After that I turned onto a good tarmaced road through the woods to Haapavesi. In the evening more good and lonesome roads in the woods. I made good progress here, as it went slowly downwards all the time.

Remarks

After quite a long trip back to Haapajärvi to do some breakfast shopping (which I obviously should have done the evening before) I eventually left the 'wild' camp site and got going northbound along the bike lane. Lost some time on the road, but after Malinkylä and my lunch at a bridge in the forest I sped up towards Haapavesi. As it was pleasanly warm I had a swim in the river after my coffee break on a beach near Haapavesi. There were lots of mosquitoes in the woods, so I was busy rubbing on my repellent. It worked! Cooked supper (soup) at the roadside in the woods after having asked for a bottle of water. I was good at asking "saisinko vettä"=Could I have some water? My plans were to pitch my tent on the shores of lake Mankilajärvi a long stretch further down the road. But because of the lovely weather, the good gravel road and the slightly downwards sloping terrain it did not feel a long way. When I yet another time asked a woman for water, who just came out of the family's sauna in a gown, I got the answer: Certainly. But wouldn't you fancy a place to sleep and an opportunity to have a shower at our sauna? Hey, perfect. So I slept in their caravan on their ground.

Travel report

Styrtaske med et godt cykelkort/My handlebar bag with a good cycle map
Styrtaske med et godt cykelkort/My handlebar bag with a good cycle map
Sådan ser mange veje ud i Finland/This is a typical road in Finland
Sådan ser mange veje ud i Finland/This is a typical road in Finland
Jeg venter på, kaffen er klar/Waiting for coffee
Jeg venter på, kaffen er klar/Waiting for coffee
på en gynge uden for en strandcafé i Haapavesi/on a swing outside a beach café in Haapavesi
på en gynge uden for en strandcafé i Haapavesi/on a swing outside a beach café in Haapavesi
Og her er stranden og floden, jeg badede i/And this is the beach and river, I had a swim in.
Og her er stranden og floden, jeg badede i/And this is the beach and river, I had a swim in.
Cyklen hviler i solen/The bike is resting in the sun
Cyklen hviler i solen/The bike is resting in the sun
Typisk stort finsk træhus/Typical large Finnish wooden house
Typisk stort finsk træhus/Typical large Finnish wooden house
Mit overnatningssted for i nat/My accomodation this night
Mit overnatningssted for i nat/My accomodation this night