#2: [08-Jul-23]

#1: [17-Jun-02]

15-Jul-2024 -- This is the last out of 10 reports visiting confluence points during a 10-day bicycle trip from Rovaniemi to the Norwegian Sea and back. The story starts from 67°N 26°E and continues from 67°N 24°E.

After wild camping near Rattosjärvi, I followed the remote road with hardly any traffic up to a turnoff to this confluence. From the turnoff, I had to ride 15 km on a gravel track and back, to visit this confluence. But I had enough time, because my flight back home from Rovaniemi was only the next day.

At the nearest distance from the road, I had 400 m straight line distance left for a hike. On the right side of the road was a spruce forest that invited for a pleasant hike. But unfortunately, the confluence was on the left side, which meant again I hike though the swamp and dense undergrowth. I tried to keep my shoes dry by hopping from one tussock to the next, but succeeded only partially: the left foot remained dry while the other got wet by a wrong step. The confluence itself was also in wet and mossy ground with spruce trees in all sizes.

I returned the same way to my bike, rode back those 15 km on the gravel track. Another 100 km later I was back in Rovaniemi, where I rented an apartment and dried all my gear.

CP Visit Details:

• Distance to a main road: 15 km
• Distance to a track: 400 m
• Distance of bicycle parking: 400 m
• Time to reach the CP from the road: 10 minutes
• Time at the CP: 9:08 AM
• Measured height: 150 m
• Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
• Position accuracy: 3 m
• Topography: mostly flat
• Vegetation: spruce, pine, moss
• Weather: overcast, 22° C (felt temperature)
• Given Name: The Unfortunate Side Confluence

The story finishes here.