Viking biathlon 2006
Kerttu was skiing in the Harmaasudet team, and so I went to watch the Hiidenhirven hiihto ancient biathlon contest. The tradition has been bringing together Living History groups from all over Finland every winter since 1999.
This year the leading teams were:
- Viikinkiajan Laiva team 1
- Viikinkiajan Laiva team 2
- Ango
- Harmaasudet
The costume prize went to Hollola.
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The Viking biathlon
Hiidenhirven hiihto is the annual relay biathlon race between different historical re-enactment clubs in Finland. Kerttu was skiing this year in the Harmaasudet team, and so I went to watch the competition.
Pictures from Pamplona
We went there in 2001 to attend the bull run festival held there every July. It was odd to see from Rodrigo's photos how empty and sleepy the city looks like outside the San Fermin festival. Our interrail trip through Europe to the festival was one of the really good ones. We slept mostly in parks, and had lots of...