Some Sun in southern Finland

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I heard a rumour it was warm and sunny in the south of Finland so today, I just jumped on the E8 and made progress. The rumours were true. About 15 degrees, wandering around the campsite in a T-shirt and was too hot on the bike. Thermals will be packed away now then.

Only about 340km done today to get me to Kokkola which seems to be pronounced just like the drink and down some straight roads and even dual carriage way at times so no pic cam pics. Some great stop offs on route though.

However, Finland, you have a few inconsistencies. For every roadwork sign there were a set of roadworks so that would be 100% success. For every Moose sign, there was none so that is 0%. Come on, get your act together. Mine you coffee for 1 Euro made a nice change.

Once on the campsite, I met a great group of Finish bikers who had ridden their motorbikes to Kokkola to hire push bikes and cycle round the city. Only 1, Sammy spoke English but that was enough for some interesting conversation both about my long trip and their 3 day jolly
Location: Kokkola, Finland

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