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First thing in the morning (after making a fire in the stove and putting a water pot on it to boil for making coffee, obviously) I did was take a walk around, looking for mushrooms. This pitiful one was the only one I found:

A disappointment. It would have been nice to have some mushrooms – they might have been good with the rosvopaisti (a kind of barbecue made in a hole in ground) which we made on this day.

Here’s roughly how it’s done: dig a hole in the ground, about 70cm deep, wide enough for the roast to fit in easily. Fill the hole up to half way with fist-sized stones. Make a fire in the hole, burn it for 4 hours. Wrap the seasoned roast in aluminium foil and several layers of wet paper, tie with metal wire. Dig half of the stones up, insert the wrapped roast, put the stones back in and fill the with the sand/soil that was digged up. Make a fire on top, let it burn for another 4 hours. Dig the roast up, unwrap, eat. Here’s the whole thing in photos:

Not much more to do this day, just spreading the nets, going to sauna, writing SMS’s, making pancakes, sleeping. Here’s some views of the lake: