The clock is ticking....

Well look at the weather here in Holland right now! After an unusual cold and icy winter, now spring is everywhere. The coming week temperatures will even hit 19 Celsius, where 10 Celsius is normal for this time of year!

Weather Amsterdam

© MeteoConsult

Nice contrast between death and new life



How different are things in Finland right now, the place where we're supposed to celebrate our glorious victory at the Kvarken Pike Fly Fishing Tournament:

And check out the amount of ice that is still there:

That's 40-60 cm. thick ice, which all needs to melt away within no more than 7 weeks! Mmmmm......disturbing stuff. But here comes the reassuring part: as you can see below, 50 cm of ice in Vaasa seems to be quite normal for this time of year.

It seems that, like almost every reality show on TV right now, we also have the exciting element of time pressure. So from now on we'll frequently update the current ice conditions on this blog. It's our very own ticking clock in our very own reality show: will we need rods or an ice breaker?