…Now go out and play!

I just recently bumped into that slogan, as a “signature” of a bike event organizer (in an internet discussion forum, suprise). I liked it so much that I selfishly stole it for my own purposes here; writing about outdoor sports in the internet can feel pretty stupid at times… What the heck I am doing here at my computer, shouldn’t I be out there, having fun and living the life?

Well, we have been enjoying the rare autumn high pressure here for a while and the nights have seen some freezing temperatures already. But I am pretty sure that we will still get our fare share of rain and continuous low pressures soon, and are maybe not going to see the “real” winter until January or even February…

So, with these current perfect mountain biking conditions, I jumped onto my bike and rode some in the weekend. I was still pretty exhausted from the previous weekend road ride, Tour de Helsinki 2008. But after a while of serious huffing and puffing I just paused and looked around for a little bit and decided to just take it easy and shoot a few photos. And what did I see…Holy pale autumn light Batman!

We don’t have an ocean or high mountains here but it is good to notice at times that your local woods can be absolutely beautiful. Don’t you agree?

Rowan tree on the waterfront

Oh boy the autumn is such a depressing time of the year...

Woods, water, woods, water, woods, water, woods, water...I guess that's what Finland is all about?

An autumn single track

Grassroots view of the trail...

Sure beats the office, vol. 100 567

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