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Early December walk with a view to Lousada.

A short trail of around 8km, to show students and parents the area where they live in, under a new perspective.

End-of-term trail (18th December)

A 13km mountain trail, for club members only. This walk took place on the Alvão Mountain, one of the highest mountains in Portugal.

Combining Nature with History, these pictures were taken during our last hiking experience, two weeks ago. It was both a short-distance (about 7 km) and an easy-level trail through the amazing, green valleys that surround an ancient monastery called Pombeiro.

 

 

Finnish trees

Trees and forests are very important to Finns, both as a nature experience and economically.

Birch (made by Miro and Julia)

Birch is a small to medium sized deciduous  tree.It’s most common deciduous tree. Birch is mostly seen in northern climate.There are two main variants, birch and silver birch.

Traditionally, Finnish people use birch twigs to hit themselves in sauna.

Spruce (made by Venla and Sohvi)

Spruces usually grow 20 to 60 meters high.The leaves are needle-shaped. There are many spruces in Finland. Their needles can be eaten. The cone of spruce is long. Moose eat spruce branches. It is used as a Christmas tree.

Juniper (made by Henny and Vilma)

Juniper is a growing tree species in Finland. Juniper has blue berries. It`s a conifer. Juniper is protected and rare. Juniper’s berries are used in food preparation. Junipers grow all over Finland. And remember! Junipers are very cool so be happy to have so amazing a tree like a juniper.

Pine (made by Liinu and Maria)

Pine is a conifer and it’s 25-40m high. It’s the most common tree in Finland. Pine is green all the year round and it has needles in its branches. There are also cones in pine branches. Pine usually lives 200-300 years but it can live even 600 years. It grows in dry forests. Pine is in Finnish mänty

8km monthly practice at Brenha, Penafiel

The February practice happened under a cloudy sky. Again, students and some parents were quite enthusiastic about the trail. A well-spent Saturday morning.