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Published: May 12th 2011May 10th 2011
When we arrived at Plateliai we went on a guided tour of a decommisioned Russian Nuclear missile facility in the vacinity. This site is not yet fully opened to the public, so we had a guided tour whilst the renovations were on going and saw what they were doing with the site. It was really cool and we think will be well worth a visit next year when the renovations are completed.
We then went back to our hotel for an excellent dinner and a few more of the local beers ;-)
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Over the past two years I have become a keen cyclist and am using this interest to get myself in shape and raise money for a very worthwhile charity, namely Rugute (http://www.rugute.lt/en). I can't speak too highly of this Lithuanian charity which does so much work for young children and their families and it is the least I can do to help raise a little money to support their cause.
This blog goes a little way to detailing the events before, during and after my events for this charity, which so far have comprised of a 460+ mile circuit of Lithuania in 2011 and will soon be followed with a 50... full info
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Borris on the Generator
This is the original generator that was used to power the site. The locals found it too hard to strip when the site was abandoned, so it stayed in place.
Borris in teh fuel room
This room was originally where part of the rocket fuel was stored. Borris wanted a photo taking :-)
Anyone read russian?
Apparantly this is the original text explaining how to move the fuel to load the rockets.
Don't go in there Borris
One of the original security doors in the site.
Deep and Dark
This is the storage chamber for a nuclear missle.
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