Forgotten Paths

Seven days, six nights, 140 kilometers. On the forgotten paths of Central Finland.

Seitsemän päivää, kuusi yötä, 140 kilometriä. Keski-Suomen maakuntauran unohdetuilla poluilla.
Keski-Suomen maakuntaura on 70-luvulla alkuun laitettu, ja 90-luvun laman jälkimainingeissa unohdettu retkeilyreitistö entisen Keski-Suomen läänin alueella. Syyskuussa 2019 kuljin sen rippeitä Keuruulta Petäjäveden kautta Jyväskylään.

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On a parking lot in Keuruu.
Mall, Keuruu.
Keuruu 19.9.2019.
A lake I stumbled on near Keuruu.
A lake I stumbled on near Keuruu.
Pet cemetery, Keuruu.
At times the trail went through grass higher than me. Without map one wouldn't know of any path.
At times the trail went through grass higher than me. Without map one wouldn't know of any path.
A dog on the path to the door.
20.9.2019.
Tried to ask for water, no one was at home.
Traps in a barn.
Kari and Sirkka Nahkiaisoja from Orivesi at their cottage on the shore of lake Haukinen.
"They sacrificed their lives for the fatherland. What will you sacrifice." A monument for the brothers of Herpman, who died...
A monument for the brothers of Herpman, who died during the Great Northern War in the 16th century.
Hannu Ruokolainen, Mira Nieminen and their daughter Suvi Ruokolainen at their home in Ampiala.
Birches above in the morning sun.
Sari Kivelä and her godson Rino Leppälä fixing the horse pen.
Markku and Helena Kuosmanen picking bilberries in Petäjävesi.
Pensioner Olavi Toivola in front of his sel-designed and built home in Petäjävesi.
Cashier Katja Tuomi and retailer Matti Lahtinen at K-Marker Porkkana in Petäjävesi.
An accident at parking lot of Kyläkievari fuel station in Petäjävesi.
Soldiers of Odin, a nationwide street patrol. Petäjävesi.
Children at daycare center, Petäjävesi.
Jari Piispanen, former property manager of the local vocational school inspects the empty dorms. Petäjävesi.
Jari Piispanen, former property manager of the local vocational school inspects the empty dorms. Petäjävesi.
Wall of the closed vocational school. Petäjävesi.
Touko Muinonen follows as Veikka Sointu finally gets his moped running at a moped workshop arranged by the municipality of Pe...
"A woman, BEAUTIFUL, smart, around 50-55yo. You're searched by a nice 180cm OK man. I move, have a house." S-Market, Petäjävesi.
An abandoned farm and a slide found inside.
"Tax documents, 1968, list of farm equipment and machinery: There are no machines, all equipment is old, mainly for hand work...
Pekka Ahonen, a log-chopper.
Crossing a stream.
Rainer Lampinen from Jyväskylä hunting rabbits near Hangasjärvi.
Anne Rautasaari cleaning the rental sauna at lake Hangasjärvi.
Crossing a field.
On a trail.