
A few joints are creaking so am toughing it out for a few days in the very pleasant, Wilderness Hotel Inari. It sits on the south shore of Lake Inari (1,040 km2) – almost half the area of Luxembourg, but can claim only 3rd of Finland’s lake size.
With the fortunate exception of my hotel, Inari is waiting for the tourists before opening up proper – the timing of which continues to be ambiguous – though I am now guessing to be due to the unpredictable weather. In the past two days we’ve had everything – sun, rain, hail, and snow. Also the pleasant 15C is now a chilly 4C.

