Hello from over the pond.

[Wayland]

Hello from the wet and windy UK. Not much in the way of snow here due to our maritime climate but fortunately close enough to Scandinavia to get some winter camping in every now and again.

Found this forum while looking for a replacement to the great "Winter Trekking" forum of old. I suspect a few other of the old members might have found their way here as well.

I'm currently planning a trip with friends to Kittilä in Northern Finland next February. Should have gone this year but we were delayed by C-19 of course.

Always looking to learn and brush up my skills and hope I might have a few things to contribute as well.

[4estTrekker]

Welcome! Finland would be a heckuva place to be able to winter camp. Someday, perhaps. And the northern lights peeking through the trees are magnificent in your picture!

[Wayland]

Thank you. I had quite a show on that trip.

[SD_Motak]

I hope you capture some great photos on your Feb trip to Finland...and share them here.

[Wayland]

That is part of the intention but it will depend on conditions of course.

Fingers crossed.

[Heavy Duty]

Welcome! Winter camping in Scandinavia is on my bucket list. Glad to have you. 👍

[Wayland]

It takes some beating over here for sure.

[Justin P.]

Good to see you hear, I've always enjoyed your posts and writings everywhere else I bump into you!

[Wayland]

Good to see you hear, I've always enjoyed your posts and writings everywhere else I bump into you!

Thank you Justin. I do try to have something useful to say when I post things.

[Old MukR]

Awesome picture, Wayland.

[Wayland]

Thank you. Photography is a big part of why I get out into the wilderness so I've always got my eye out for the possibilities.

[Wayland]

As you may have read from my original post, we had hoped to get to Finland at the beginning of 2022 but that fell apart because the airline cancelled all the flights.

I hardly dare to say we are planning the trip for February 2023 now. What a dreadful couple of years it has been for travelling from here...

Hopefully I'll have a lot more useful stuff to say when I get back from there.