Finland - land of a thousand lakes – or, in reality, closer to 200,000 – and trees, lots of trees. You know the Beatles’ song, The Long and Winding Road? Well, in northern and eastern Finland it doesn’t wind all that much, largely due to being built in the 1950s as part of an effort to provide employment during a time of economic depression, and it passes by lakes, and great stands of towering conifers, mainly spruce, like spindly candles pointing skywards, with birch trees mingled among…
