A short trip into the frozen archipelago

[nomead]

I went for a short trip in the archipelago (Nauvo, Korppoo) with the kids. Short turned out to be 6 hours, they liked playing in the snow so much. And why not... Of course I took plenty of pictures. Here are some samples:

A frozen road on one of the islands

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Spot the Volvo ;)

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Another roadside picture

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And yes, the ferries were large enough to carry a bus.

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Or a Volvo 340.

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We also have some snow. The heap of snow was taller than me, and I'm 187 cm.

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All the rest can be seen at:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sam.laur/ ... OPIhLn9gQE#

[volvosneverdie]

Woah dude. That look beautiful. Good pics man.

[nomead]

I don't know where else to gloat so I'll tack it here as a followup.
Today was the time for the yearly inspection of the 340. And it passed, with no written remarks.
There was almost a problem with the exhaust gas measurements. But I got the permission to try and adjust it, so I did, and it went within the limits. Also the inspector said that the tyres are bad but still borderline legal (3.5mm when the limit is 3), so they weren't bad enough to write a remark.

[SteveP]

That's some strict legislation on tyres! It's down to 1.6mm here!

[volvosneverdie]

Id have said 3.5 was almost new!
But then, when we get snow........................................................ fail.

[nomead]

The limit is only 3 mm on winter tyres (which are obligatory between Dec 1st and Feb 28th). On summer tyres it's the same 1.6 mm.