Eeva-Liisa Hakala

Working for sports and forests

Photo: Raija-Liisa Hakala

Spending rehabilitation holiday at Saariselkä. Winter, Lapland, snow, sun  . The place with it´s surroundings takes all your worries away. Letting you focus just for the current moment. Past has gone. Future is in futur...

Belive it or not but sometimes I´m like these cats  ! When visited my "possible next summer temporary accomodation" I was all but lazy. Or well, I wish I could have done more. There´s the fact that life at countryside is not boring. You always find something usefull to do, like fixing or renovating. That´s so suitable for...

Photo: Raija-Liisa Hakala

After two years off I went back to try ski orienteering. Weather was perfectly warm and sunny. Course was enough easily orienteering for my rusty brains. On the other hand there were some difficult sections on technical side. It was easy to take sh...

One of the snowiest place in Finland currently is Punkaharju with 60cm snow. I went to ski there. Lovely weather and perfect track   ! (https://www.harjureitit.net/)

2019 first mtbo camp was held in Lohja. We stayed in a local sport institute resort. As Finland has some snow during winter it meant that some trainings on bike were bit hard. For me, without a bike, it was easier. Only one time the snow bothered bit my tasks. It was when I took some controls to forest and tried to move fast in a deep snow. ...

Photo: Joni Sopanen

Aurora hunting safaris are sometimes more succesful than in other days... Anyways, working outdoors is one of the best works you can imagine! Especially with great firends  .