About eight years ago (1995) we wanted to know more about Ireland. We had not internet to help in this and so we got very good information from Irish state tourist office in Finland.

Now my personal purpose is to promote canal cruising holidays for finnish people in Ireland, because there is no rush in canals and rivers.
It took after this contact almost 2 years until we had our first canal cruising in Ireland. We had dream to steer our own barge, to operate 200 year old locks, navigate under beautiful stone bridges, stopping off in a town for supplies and overnight and have a friendly chat with the locals and enjoy a pint of Guinness and relaxing in this atmosphere we like. Green valleys, mountains, flora and fauna just like we like. Our son Juha-Heikki is best captain but mostly we are cruising now only two of us (I and my wife) and we are proud to be godparents for Pieter in Rathangan.