Gintaris strikes a pose

May 11th 2011
On Wednesday morning we had a 70+ mile ride south to Taurage. We had the most panoramic start of the trip (see the photos), starting from the jetty on Lake Plateliai, which is the cleanest lake in Lithuania. The weather was, yet again, blue skies, bright sunshine and very hot. The morning was a series of seemingly never ending inclines that only ended after about 2 hours of cycling, just nor ... read more

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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 199... ... read more

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John Gwilliams

CrazyCyclist

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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