South to Helsinki

Our sojurn in Oulu finished on Friday with the fitting of a new fuel pump on the Landy. Having explored all we could, and spent a good deal of time relaxing we headed south. Around 100 kms south of Oulu the scenery improved from forest and more forest to forest and lakes plus some gentle hills. Found some lovely spaces to stop overnight . the weather improves steadily and we stopped at some fascinating places, several on the world heritage list. Beautiful wooden church at Petajaveden a bronze age burial site and Ramu town, wooden houses virtually unchanged in 200 years. Two pleasant surprises were the first day of a jazz festival in Poro and a fantastic museum of mediaeval houses in Turku. The S W of Finland is quite beautiful, rolling hills, open fields, woodlands and hundreds of islands. Eventually made our way to Helsinki, where due to various gremlins in the Landy we have decided to continue through the Baltic States and Poland by public transport, returning to Helsinki to take the Landy by ferry to Germany and hence home with the minimum of driving. Now sitting on the ferry in sunshine with the prospect of sleeping in a full sized bed