DAY 12 We're on the road again! Now we are off to Joensuu, a small town near the Russian border and about a six hour drive from Helsinki. The roads here are very straight and there's not too much traffic but the speed limits are quite low… mainly 80 kms per hour and 100 occasionally. Drivers are very respectful of them too and I found out why today (no I didn't get a ticket!!). They will give you 5 kms per hour leeway but the fines above that are heavy and based on your income! Andy joked that, because we're not making much money, if we did get stopped they would owe us money!! Worst of all, if you are 40kms over they immediately take your vehicle away!! No wonder they have a great road saftey record here… they have strict rules which the people obey which sounds odd today doesn't it? This stage was small and low with little room for manouevre so we knew we were in for an unusual night. The crowd was very close and we couldn't see past the first two roads which probably meant the people behind them couldn't see us but they certainly made a lot of noise!!! We didn't feel we were at our best tonight but they loved it and made it special as a good audience always does! Got to go to bed early tonight as tomorrow is the longest drive of the Finnish tour. Next day...

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