{"id":768,"date":"2019-03-27T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T06:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elamystampere.fi\/skating-along-the-poets-way-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:28:51","slug":"skating-along-the-poets-way-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajanmies.fi\/en\/skating-along-the-poets-way-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Skating along the Poet’s Way \u2013 part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote earlier<\/a> of the Nordic skating trip between Virrat and Ruovesi along the Poet’s Way (the name for the lake route between Tampere and Virrat). On that occasion, I would have liked to skate all the way to Tampere from Virrat but the ice conditions and my own not-so-good physical condition didn’t allow me to skate all the route. So I was really glad to find out that our local group of the Association of Finnish Nordic skaters<\/a> decided to arrange another trip on the Poet’s Way. The lenght of the tour (the estimate was about 70 kms) did scare a bit, as I was really tired after the previous trip, but as the weather forecast promised a good tailwind I decided to go. In addition, as the spring advances there may not be so many skating trips left this season.<\/p>\n

I also made a video of the trip (below) so if you are not into reading you may just watch the video and get some idea of the trip as well.<\/p>\n