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  1. ... also:

     

    Schnee? Check.

    Auto gepackt? Fast.

    Leergut gefunden? Check.

    Kaffeekannen gefunden? Ja und im Auto.

    Hütchen sind noch im Norden. 

    Walkie-talkies geladen? Ja.

     

    Neues Roadbook? Noch nicht, muss noch etwas editieren :)

     

    Vorhersage sagt -8 nachts, tagsüber -3, einiges an Schnee. Sonntag dann etwas wärmer. 

     

    Wie viel kommen denn zu mir? Ich muss S von der Schule abholen, werde versuchen es auf ca. 1045 vorzuziehen, sonst wird's erst um 1200. 

     

    Tiina ist vorgewarnt :), Joao versucht zu uns da zu stossen wieder.

     

     - Bret

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  2. A couple of points I wanted to remind / bring up.

     

    1. There has been a change in the rules on length of trucks here. There is now a variant called "LONG". This is *always* marked with "PITKÄ" at the rear of the truck. These can be up to 34.5m long, which is a full 9m longer than the "standard" trailer + half. 

    2. I will edit a version of the roadbook to include the times I've agreed with Aki.

     

    I will see how it works for me on Friday - S has school until 12, so I may not be able to join until after Kar de Mumma.

     

    Alternative Route suggestions for the adventurous:

     

    - for some real backroads, try Lahti - Asikkala - Kalkkila - Nuoramoinen  and then back towards the 4. 

    - for the "other" version of reality, go from Joutsa to Kangasniemi and then through to Pieksämäki. You rejoin the 9 a little too far north for Tiina, or you take anotehr back road. 

     

    Currently south of Lahti everything is grey, the snow starts at Lahti and it gets Wintry above Jyväskylä.

     

     - Bret

  3. So. Zeiten-email ist raus. Trackmeister ist *sehr* zufrieden. 30cm Eis, einiges an Schnee, noch mehr kommt dazu. 2 Tracks, ein Donut *und* freifläche / 300m langen gerade. :)

     

    Ich bin erstmals morgen und Dienstag in Schweden, erwarte dass es ein richtig gutes Wochenend wird. 

     

     - Bret

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  4. Korrekt. Trackmeister hatte am meisten Sorgen wegen fehlenden Trackmarkierungsmöglichkeiten, da nix schnee auf'm Eis. Eis selber gab's genug, und jetzt eine Woche dauerfrost wird alles schön durchfrieren. 10cm oder so sind bis Freitag angesagt, das ist sehr gut so.

     

    Werd' sowieso mit ihm nochmals heute oder morgen sprechen. Muss mit Aki wegen Zeiten sprechen, das kommt dazu. 

     

     - Bret

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  5. as of 22nd, the forecasts all agree it will get cold. How cold is another question... 

     

    yr currently state around -6, which would be good. https://www.yr.no/place/Finland/Eastern_Finland/Vesanto/long.html

    fmi agrees: https://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/vesanto?forecast=long

    .. and then foreca is similar: https://www.foreca.fi/Finland/Vesanto/15vrk

     

    Let's see what happens.  A few days of plus will not cause us too many problems.

     

     - Bret

  6. all of your registrations are with Aki (I asked for a list earlier and got one), with the exception of Madcek. The group size is compact this year, with around 10-15 cars, I will work on that one in the next days. 

     

     - Bret

  7. I got a picture from Trackmeister yesterday of the Beetle on the ice. He reports 28cm ice. It was seriously cold Thursday evening and Friday, that's helped a lot. 

     

    As far as he is concerned, we are good to go. 

     

    There is only one minor problem (which is mine and his): there's no snow on the ice to mark out a track. That's great news for the ice thickness as it will get thicker faster with no insulation, but it does mean we would actually like *some* snow in the next week or so,

     

    If you haven't already booked with Aki and want to join, please do so.

     

     - Bret

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  8. we went through this in some detail last year: for him, the quad is an option, and it's the easiest one, but slow; the small tractor is the next good option and a lot faster. Also: with weight pushed onto the ice via the plough, there's a better distribution than just on the wheels... I went through this in detail over Christmas with a relative and I'm astounded at the level of ingenuity I hear about to get the ice clear as early as possible. 

     

     - Bret

     

     

     

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  9. agreed. I spoke with Trackmeister earlier, he appears to have the track free so it can ice. But there's still only 10cm, which isn't really enough. We will talk again soon. He is still hopeful that there will be a track and it will be driveable. I will try to get hold of Aki tomorrow, it's a public holiday here. 

     

     - Bret

     

  10. habe ein Termin mit Trackmeister um den Trackzustand zu besprechen morgen. 

     

    Wenn er das geschafft hat vor 2 Wochen auszugraben, dürfte es noch gehen. Sonst wird's knapp; -8 ist gut aber mehr wäre sehr nützlich. 

    Iisvesi und Pielävesi haben genug - 16 bzw. 23cm - aber er will sicherlich 30cm sehen.  Weiches Eis hilft uns auch nur bedingt. -5 Nachts und Tagsüber 0 geht halbwegs, denn das Wasser ist schon kühl. Aber viel dicker wird der Eisschicht dadurch nicht. 

     

    Ich melde mich nachdem ich mit ihm gesprochen habe. 

     

     - Bret

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  11. finally got hold of him. He seems to think he has 12-14 registrations, which is about right according to my calculations. In other words, your emails have arrived even if you haven't got the replies back yet. 

     

     - Bret

  12. ok. I tried to call him the other day, he did not yet call me back. I will try to find time tomorrow. 

     

     In other news, I was wondering about the ice situation - it looks like Iisvesi already has 9 cm, which is *really* good. 17cm snow also already at Vesanto, here there's just a sprinkling. 

     

    Happy I'm not travelling again until probably early January....

     

     - Bret

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  13. Wetter hier im Süden inzwischen voll auf Winter eingestellt. Noch schwankt es zwischen + und -, aber nicht viel. Eissituation ist noch "normal", sprich noch gar keiner, aber das wird sich auch noch ändern.

     

    Newbies herzlich willkommen!

     

     - Bret

  14. Stimmt. 

     

    Sollte so heissen;

    Freitag: Dinner verfügbar @ €20 wer es so will.

    Montag Dinner @€20 wer es so will

     

    Paket @ €150:

    Samstag: Frühstück, Kaffee, Lunch, Kaffee, Dinner

    Sonntag: Frühstück, Kaffee, Lunch, Kaffee, Dinner

    Montag Frühstück bzw. Dienstag Frühstück 

     

    Gründsätzlich ist nichts an den Preisen geändert worden von 2019.

     

     - Bret

     

     

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  15. hä? ich war in Casablanca wieder und habe keine Info gehabt... und kaum Netz, aber das ist ein anderes Problem gewesen. Zeit war das grösste Problem.

     

     

    Anyways: 

     

    Hello!

    So the details are in for ITXX, Ice Track 2020, and they look like this.

     

    Time: 1+2.2.2020


    Place: Lohimaa - www.lohimaa.fi - Lohitie 701, 72210 Tervo


    Track is at Vesanto

     

    Pricing: Price is made up of food package, track time and accommodation.


    Food packages:
    Basic: Saturday Breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon coffee, dinner. Sunday breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon coffee. €130. 
    You can add dinner Friday, Sunday and Monday to these if you desire at a cost of €20 each. 

     

    Track time is €200 per car. If you have two people in the car, you still only pay for one car on track.

     

    Accommodation:
    Log and Main building €55 per person per night. 
    Taimenvirta - newest building - €60 per person per night.

    Timing details:
    Track time will start at 0900 Saturday and run through to 1700. Sunday the same. The track is around 30 minutes from the accommodation. 
    There will be a group driving up from Helsinki on Friday, probably hitting La Kar De Mumma (Hartola) at 1200, and then meeting again at Tiinan Tupa and regrouping in Tervo. We would expect to be at Tervo at around 1730-1800.

     

    To book your place on this experience, send an email to info@lohimaa.fi with the following information:

     - Names of those on the reservation
     - Postal Address
     - Arrival date
     - Departure date
     - Accommodation wish - Log, Main or Taimenvirta

     

    More details will be made available in the road book in the near future.

     

    Thanks!

     

     - Bret

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  16. Sehr gut! Also: i am still superbusy at work. I had hoped for a complete week in Finland next week, but no, I will be back in Casablanca Thursday-Friday. Then I have a week of training, then it's out to Abu Dhabi, then it's the week before Christmas.... 

     

    I have to call Aki tomorrow. The 1+2 Feb looks really good; we are at least the 8 above plus Mikael, Mikael, Pekka, Alex, and Joao; I expect Petu and a couple of others to join, too. Several colleagues from the new company have also expressed interest, let's see how this goes.

     

    I intend to sort the basics on the booking with Aki tomorrow and then I will post instructions. 

     

     - Bret

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