Kuusijärvi lake

It was -2C yesterday and freezing cold. So I thought I'll go for a swim at Kuusijärvi lake in Vantaa.

Well, I didn't really swim, just had a couple of dips in the lake and rushed off to the nearby smoke sauna. My first attempt at trying winter swimming and it wasn't so successful. It was just too cold to be in the waters. But there were a lot of others who were actually swimming in the lake. They were like pros.. probably doing it for years.

As you can see, we finally had lots of snow the last couple of days.. finally...