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Post by Jim on Jan 14, 2017 18:48:01 GMT
Finnish morris dancers, in bus driver outfits?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 14, 2017 20:15:41 GMT
I'm gradually imposing the British sense of humour on the other staff of Pohjolan Matka. They seem to be a good crowd. It's a job I've been lucky enough to drop into, but it is hard work too. We even have saunas in our buses  |
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Post by paul on Jan 15, 2017 16:46:37 GMT
Hey! Foxy,I dont know any thing about finland but i like the look of it, so if you dont mind answering a few questions...........
Is it expensive? whats the weather like in summer? where is good to go to?[not a city] Whats the story on boat rental?
I remember you posted pics [not sure if it was here or cwdf but you showed these little cabins in the wild that you could go to by boat and stay for free with a stove, tell us a bit about that.
What are the people/culture like?
What is the winter like?
And anything else that might encourage a person to get the hell out of where they are at.
Sorry if this derails the thread folks.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 19:53:29 GMT
Try in Google 'Suomen maisemaa' (Finland's landscape) 'Suomen ladot' (Finland's barns' 'Suomi ilmasta' (Finland from the air) Finnish State Railways = www.vr.fi (vr = valtion rautatiet) I've driven over this bridge a few thousand times during 21 years!: |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 19:56:45 GMT
Maybe this too:
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 21:26:25 GMT
Not a badly made video. Moomin shop at 3:10 !!
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 21:33:29 GMT
I realise this isn't appropriate for a canals site but I'll chuck this one in as Canvey Island appears at 3:10
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 15, 2017 21:36:22 GMT
I used to regularly get this ferry from Harwich to Turku, many happy memories...  The last time I went on it the crew were very sad, they said they missed the days when the passengers were predominantly British, they had had to close the bar because the honesty box never had a penny put onto it, and several of the crew had had their cabins broken into and personal possessions stolen. |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 21:37:50 GMT
And now to get this thread back on track:  |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 15, 2017 21:42:13 GMT
Turku to Harwich must have been about a 3 day journey, right round the southern end of Sweden and over the top of Denmark (or Kiel Canal?). There is a road sign in Turku which says Harwich, I always thought it looked a bit odd!
No passenger ships to Scandinavia any more from the UK, I think Hamburg is the nearest you can get, or is it just Amsterdam these days?
Used to be Bergen/Kristiansand - Newcastle. The Bergen - Shetland - Iceland ferry is still running but astronomically expensive.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 16, 2017 8:14:44 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 16, 2017 8:17:25 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 16, 2017 8:25:06 GMT
Turku to Harwich must have been about a 3 day journey, right round the southern end of Sweden and over the top of Denmark (or Kiel Canal?). There is a road sign in Turku which says Harwich, I always thought it looked a bit odd! No passenger ships to Scandinavia any more from the UK, I think Hamburg is the nearest you can get, or is it just Amsterdam these days? Used to be Bergen/Kristiansand - Newcastle. The Bergen - Shetland - Iceland ferry is still running but astronomically expensive. Yes, the MV Garden used to leave on a Friday night- the port staff would come into the Angel pub when they were ready for us to drive aboard to drag us out- and used to get into Turku early Tuesday morning, she went via the Kiel canal with a stop at Cuxhaven. |
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