I got the unlined Austrian ones as I have plenty of well insulated gloves for them to go over. I could have spent a fortune some Montane mittens or other brands but these look every bit as good. I look forward to testing them out.
Planning a Winter trip to Finland.
- Thread starter Wayland
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What an age we live in?
I have just ordered all my food and fuel supplies for the trip for collection from a local supermarket 1300 miles away at midday on the day of our arrival.
I'm able to do this on a Finnish website, even though the only word I know means "thank you", because Google Chrome translates the web pages almost seamlessly. I can check the ingredients aren't going to hospitalise me and add to the order any time up to the day I fly. My credit card gives me the best exchange rate with no foreign transaction charges and I do this all from the comfort of my own home.
This is the kind of future that the internet was made for.
I have just ordered all my food and fuel supplies for the trip for collection from a local supermarket 1300 miles away at midday on the day of our arrival.
I'm able to do this on a Finnish website, even though the only word I know means "thank you", because Google Chrome translates the web pages almost seamlessly. I can check the ingredients aren't going to hospitalise me and add to the order any time up to the day I fly. My credit card gives me the best exchange rate with no foreign transaction charges and I do this all from the comfort of my own home.
This is the kind of future that the internet was made for.
It is, isn't it?
Right up to the point of getting an order confirmation I was expecting it to wimp out at some point but the only thing it wouldn't do is let me apply for a loyalty card. ( Which might have been useful to keep an order history if we go again next year.)
Right up to the point of getting an order confirmation I was expecting it to wimp out at some point but the only thing it wouldn't do is let me apply for a loyalty card. ( Which might have been useful to keep an order history if we go again next year.)
They do but I have turned that feature off because my dietary requirements are very specific.
I would rather know something is missing and replace it myself, than find out they had replaced it with something that contained onion ( Which could end my trip. )
That is one of the reasons being able to check ingredients on a translated page has been so useful. I usually struggle with all the different words for Onions, Shallots, Spring Onion and the like but alliums are such common ingredients.
I would rather know something is missing and replace it myself, than find out they had replaced it with something that contained onion ( Which could end my trip. )
That is one of the reasons being able to check ingredients on a translated page has been so useful. I usually struggle with all the different words for Onions, Shallots, Spring Onion and the like but alliums are such common ingredients.
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I think Vilhjalmur Stefansson said something like
"An adventure is what happens when someone does something wrong."
Sod’s law states that if something can go wrong it will……but that is where the fun between all the guy’s begins. All the team going will be able to adapt and overcome and from that when you return we can all sit around a fire and listen and enjoy the stories……well doneI think Vilhjalmur Stefansson said something like
"An adventure is what happens when someone does something wrong."
The final trip report is available here now.
https://www.ice-raven.co.uk/html/2023-expedition---kittila.html
https://www.ice-raven.co.uk/html/2023-expedition---kittila.html
