The sky is getting much clearer now, that must have been the rain that the weatherperson was talking about. Habitation thins out, farms disappear and the forest turns swampy. Pedal and drink, pedal and drink. I enter an interesting region. The road travels along narrow ridges, steep slopes end in long, fingerlike, twisting lakes.
Giant boulders speck the forest.
I leave the province of Central Finland and enter the province of Kuopio. I reminisce about my first 300 km ride when I stopped here and was wet, cold and happy, and generally have a pleasant time for half an hour. My problem is that I like taking long breaks. My morale starts sinking once I am outside again. It is cold.