Wow, I dragged my skis here for 200 kilometers, but there's absolutely no snow left in Hirvensalo ski hill. Sigh. Late May and June really are difficult, just a few weeks earlier it likely would have been some snow left on the ski slopes. Oh well, at least my other activities during the day allowed me to visit a sauna.
The sauna was at the Turku YMCA's facilities, where the caving association was having a meeting (alt. link).
Skis in the back seat:
YMCA:
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