Regardless of the area of the islands, be it 15 or 200 square meters, the vegetation grows. Larch, mountain ash, birch, alder, linden, maple, hazelnuts and junipers. Thanks to the generosity of nature, finding firewood is not a problem. You can buy it before coming, even bring a camping gas, but looking for old wood is a ritual that allows us to participate in way of life of our ancestors, in addition to helping to clear the forest of dry stumps, bark and fallen branches, reducing the risk of fires. You only have to respect two rules: not cutting down a healthy tree or using nature to satisfy our needs, unless it is a matter of life and death.
On the island, the bonfire is home and altar, a sacred place for meeting and conversation. In front of the fire you forget the motive and the useless thoughts lose their weight. It is also food and can you think of something tastier than some potatoes with mushrooms on the fire or an Ivan tea with wild thyme and a delicate smoke flavor?
In mid-June, nature has warmed up after the winter cold. The summer symphony is loud and some front row tickets give you access to this unique concert. How wonderful that just 200 km north, away from the colorful life of St. Petersburg, you begin the wild. This is where you realize that people are an inseparable part of nature. And that she is in our hands.
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