Well the shortest day is only some 49km. We start this day with a group photo outside the hotel before skiing off. Our usual route takes us up alongside the zoo. Today is gale force winds and at times we are exposed for a kilometre or two and you really do start to get the impression of how bleak and isolated it is. I live in Somerset, one of the largest and least populated counties in England. Ranua commune is about the same size, but has about 1% of the population - about twice the population of my village (Brent Knoll).
Today's skiing is about covering the distance with minimum effort to allow the body to recover as much as possible.
The friendly polar bear is at Ruona (the upward kink in the track on the map above). Half of us are bused back to the village hall there and the rest of us stay in the old school at Hosio. Sleeping bags are the order of the day (or should I say night) here.
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