From A to B - literally.

Paul Parry said:

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle.

Actually it isn't A but Å (that should be an A with an o over it) which is the last letter in the
alphabet but can be asciised as Aa.

So really you are cycling from Aa to B.

..d

Paul Parry said:

Greetings.

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey of
them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B is
a small hamlet in Nebraska

My GPS lists a 'Bee' in Nebraska, but no town named 'B' - could you give a more precise location for
this 'small hamlet'?

Paul Parry said:

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey of
them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B is
a small hamlet in Nebraska- about half way across the USA from New York. The plan is: to cycle
across Norway, down Sweden, Denmark, Germany, <snip>

Looks like an interesting trip up to this point but the subsequent plan to travel by ship would be a
big cheat. Why not make the entire trip by human power?

This would mean rowing from the beginning island to the mainland. You could, of course, row across
the Atlantic but that is a boring trip that has been done a number of times by others. Here is a
more interesting route.

After riding down to Germany, head east into Russia and take the road that parallels the Trans
Siberian Railway to Lake Baikal. There is a truck road going northeast from there to Magadan, on the
east coast of Siberia.

There are trails going northeast from Magadan next to the Shelikhova Gulf and across the base of the
Kamchatka Peninsula to the town of Anadyr on the Bering Sea. Next go by canoe to Providenya,
Siberia, then St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (in the middle of the Bering Sea), and on to Nome, Alaska.

From Nome you could ride cross-country up the Yukon and Tanana River Valleys to Manley Springs or
you could cover this route by canoe. The Iditerod Trail covers part of this route. From Manley
Springs there is a road to Fairbanks and via the Alaska Highway to the lower 48, taking you to B.

Bon voyage!

-Les Earnest (who earlier explored part of this route and planned to ride it until overtaken
by advancing age and sensibility)

If you're going into Canada and through Detroit, then you'll most likely be going through Windsor
Ontario Canada.. which is where I live! If there's anything I can do, feel free to email me: home at
mikebeauchamp.com

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Quoted message said:

Greetings.

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey of
them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B is
a small hamlet in Nebraska- about half way across the USA from New York. The plan is: to cycle
across Norway, down Sweden, Denmark, Germany, through Belgium to France. I will get a ferry to
Dover, then cycle to Portsmouth, where I'll get a boat to New York. from New York I'll head North
West, into Canada, then West and South through Detroit and Chicago and eventually down to B. About
6000 miles cycling in all. (3 times the distance of the Tour de France) I plan to finish in early
September.

I'm doing it to raise money for two charities (the British Red Cross and Victim Support London)
who are going to help me get press coverage
- not just here in the UK, but in each of the other 8 countries that I will travel through.

In addition to the press coverage I am also launching a website in February: www.fromatob.org.uk.
It will feature: a "donate here" page, photos, links to sponsors, message boards, e-mail
subscription sign-up, news, maps, statistics, media clippings/links, and competitions with prizes.
This site will be advertised by over 40 students' unions websites in the UK, and will be
advertised by each time I get mentioned on Radio/TV/newspaper, other websites. I will also get
links to the website from cycling clubs across Europe and the USA.

I am looking for sponsors to help me with the costs of the trip: I am aiming to get much kit and
travel for free, and get a very reduced-price tandem - but total costs will hit just over £7000.
I've got £2000 so far - and I'm not sure I want to sell a kidney or rob banks - so does anyone
know of any good contacts to raise sponsorship?

I want to get all the costs sorted before I go, so all of the money I raise can go straight to
charity.

Like the best ideas - it's a dead simple one! If any one has any ideas/comments/suggestions then
please let me know! Cheers.

Paul Parry

David Martin said:

Paul Parry said:

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle.

Actually it isn't A but Å (that should be an A with an o over it) which is the last letter in the
alphabet but can be asciised as Aa.

There is also an Å in eastern Sweden, about 20 km east of Norrköping.

Tour report at: "biketouring.eurotourism.net2Open ↗" or just the picture of the
roadsign: "biketouring.eurotourism.net2000 37 river.jpgOpen ↗"

"Å" means small river in Norwegian and Swedish. But Å is the third-last letter of the Swedish
alphabet, last in the Norwegian/Danish alphabet!

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Paul Parry said:

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey
of them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B
is a small hamlet in Nebraska- about half way across the USA from New York. The plan is: to
cycle across Norway, down Sweden, Denmark, Germany, <snip>

Looks like an interesting trip up to this point but the subsequent plan to travel by ship would be
a big cheat. Why not make the entire trip by human power?

You could probably rig up the bike to drive a propeller in the boat, which would give you much more
power and efficiency than rowing would.

....

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REAL programmers write self-modifying code.

Paul Parry said the following on 14/01/2004 20:26:

Quoted message said:

Greetings.

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey of
them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B is
a small hamlet in Nebraska- about half way across the USA from New York. The plan is: to cycle
across Norway, down Sweden, Denmark, Germany, through Belgium to France. I will get a ferry to
Dover, then cycle to Portsmouth, where I'll get a boat to New York. from New York I'll head North
West, into Canada, then West and South through Detroit and Chicago and eventually down to B. About
6000 miles cycling in all. (3 times the distance of the Tour de France) I plan to finish in early
September.

I'm doing it to raise money for two charities (the British Red Cross and Victim Support London)
who are going to help me get press coverage
- not just here in the UK, but in each of the other 8 countries that I will travel through.

In addition to the press coverage I am also launching a website in February: www.fromatob.org.uk.
It will feature: a "donate here" page, photos, links to sponsors, message boards, e-mail
subscription sign-up, news, maps, statistics, media clippings/links, and competitions with prizes.
This site will be advertised by over 40 students' unions websites in the UK, and will be
advertised by each time I get mentioned on Radio/TV/newspaper, other websites. I will also get
links to the website from cycling clubs across Europe and the USA.

I am looking for sponsors to help me with the costs of the trip: I am aiming to get much kit and
travel for free, and get a very reduced-price tandem - but total costs will hit just over £7000.
I've got £2000 so far - and I'm not sure I want to sell a kidney or rob banks - so does anyone
know of any good contacts to raise sponsorship?

I want to get all the costs sorted before I go, so all of the money I raise can go straight to
charity.

Like the best ideas - it's a dead simple one! If any one has any ideas/comments/suggestions then
please let me know! Cheers.

Paul Parry

Wow, sounds most amazing... If you are to pass through belgium and need hosting for some reason,
feel free to send me an email [remove the GENESPAM in my email], i will try to help you as much as
possible...

greetings

Nico Bogaert

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:40:05 GMT, David Dermott

may have said:

"Å" means small river in Norwegian and Swedish. But Å is the third-last letter of the Swedish
alphabet, last in the Norwegian/Danish alphabet!

And in any event, in the USA, the diacritical marks mean "Americans won't pronounce this correctly."

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Werehatrack said:

David Dermott may have said:

"Å" means small river in Norwegian and Swedish. But Å is the third-last letter of the Swedish
alphabet, last in the Norwegian/Danish alphabet!

And in any event, in the USA, the diacritical marks mean "Americans won't pronounce this
correctly."

According to Garrison Keillor, ø is Danish for "you can't say this." ;-)

Les Earnest said:

Paul Parry said:

Most of the great journeys of the world have been done - by Michael Palin and others - with much
greater budgets than I can muster. They have crucially missed out the most talked-about journey
of them all: I'm going to travel from A to B!

I keep hoping that Mr. Palin will run into a real solo cycle tourist sometimes. He often spends a
fair amount of time talking with and featuring people of interest.

I also wish I had the wherewithal to film (or even video tape) a solo (well, besides a camera crew),
self-contained bicycle tour - something along the lines of a Palin adventure. I've seen enough
travel documentaries to get an idea of how it should be done.

Anyway, ..... good luck with your adventure. I like the idea. Sounds brilliant.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle. B is
a small hamlet in Nebraska- about half way across the USA from New York. The plan is: to cycle
across Norway, down Sweden, Denmark, Germany, <snip>

Looks like an interesting trip up to this point but the subsequent plan to travel by ship would be
a big cheat. Why not make the entire trip by human power?

Cheeky.

There is an interesting idea I'd like to try some day, and it was discussed in the
rec.bicycles.rides group some time ago (years). Crossing the Atlantic on boats (and plenty of
bicycling) from Scotland (*or* Norway) - Shetland Islands - Faroe Islands - Iceland - Greenland -
Newfoundland (probably no roads on Baffin Island / Northwest Territories.

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David Dermott said:

"Å" means small river in Norwegian and Swedish. But Å is the third-last letter of the Swedish
alphabet, last in the Norwegian/Danish alphabet!

"Å" is also the symbol for the Angstrom Unit.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities

David Kerber said:

You could probably rig up the bike to drive a propeller in the boat, which would give you much
more power and efficiency than rowing would.

See < shuttlebikeusa.comshuttlebikeusa.comOpen ↗ >.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities

"David Dermott" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

David Martin said:

Paul Parry said:

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle.

Actually it isn't A but Å (that should be an A with an o over it) which is the last letter in
the alphabet but can be asciised as Aa.

There is also an Å in eastern Sweden, about 20 km east of Norrköping.

For that matter, the Nebraska city seems to be Bee, at least on Yahoo.
maps.yahoo.commaps resultOpen ↗

But Paul seems to be well within poetic licence. It sounds like a grand adventure -- from Å to Bee,
over the Sea.

In article <[email hidden]>, one of infinite monkeys

at the keyboard of Tom Sherman said:

"Å" is also the symbol for the Angstrom Unit.

Only if your defective character set won't let you display the name correctly as Ångström - which
is, after all, a proper name.

--
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going to war.

So, what has he successfully deflected media attention from?

Quoted message said:

Looks like an interesting trip up to this point but the subsequent plan to travel by ship would be
a big cheat. Why not make the entire trip by human power?

This would mean rowing from the beginning island to the mainland. You could, of course, row across
the Atlantic but that is a boring trip that has been done a number of times by others. Here is a
more interesting route.

After riding down to Germany, head east into Russia and take the road that parallels the Trans
Siberian Railway to Lake Baikal. There is a truck road going northeast from there to Magadan, on
the east coast of Siberia.

There are trails going northeast from Magadan next to the Shelikhova Gulf and across the base
of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the town of Anadyr on the Bering Sea. Next go by canoe to
Providenya, Siberia, then St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (in the middle of the Bering Sea), and on
to Nome, Alaska.

From Nome you could ride cross-country up the Yukon and Tanana River Valleys to Manley Springs or
you could cover this route by canoe. The Iditerod Trail covers part of this route. From Manley
Springs there is a road to Fairbanks and via the Alaska Highway to the lower 48, taking you to B.

Yeah, but he'd still have to go through Nebraska...

David Martin said:

Paul Parry said:

A is a small cod-fishing village on an island just off Norway just inside the Arctic circle.

Actually it isn't A but Å (that should be an A with an o over it) which is the last letter in the
alphabet but can be asciised as Aa.

So really you are cycling from Aa to B.

..d

Blast.. beat me to it...

Mind Å is a very nice place indeed, and I once had a great holiday there. The whole island,
Moskenesøy is one of the most gobsmacking landscapes imaginable.. Its as far from Nebraska as you
can get. Should make an interesting contrast

BTW " Å" is one of the last three letters of the alphabet, along with "Ø" and "Æ."

Richard Webb

David Kerber said:

You could probably rig up the bike to drive a propeller in the boat, which would give you much
more power and efficiency than rowing would.

As Grandma showed in Belleville Rendezvous all you need is a pedalo, dog and some toffees.

Tony

Quoted message said:

There is an interesting idea I'd like to try some day, and it was discussed in the
rec.bicycles.rides group some time ago (years). Crossing the Atlantic on boats (and plenty of
bicycling) from Scotland (*or* Norway) - Shetland Islands - Faroe Islands - Iceland - Greenland -
Newfoundland (probably no roads on Baffin Island / Northwest Territories.

A few in the Territories - but Nunavut is isolated by road..

Some of these itineries are going to require unfeasibly large amounts of insect repellant :-)

Richard Webb

On 15/1/04 9:35 am, in article [email hidden],

RJ Webb said:

BTW " Å" is one of the last three letters of the alphabet, along with "Ø" and "Æ."

This does make searching for things in the directories difficult (and writing code for it).

A is at the beginning, Awitho (my Norwegian keyboard is on the PC at home) is at the end. Awitho can
be replaced with Aa but this sorts alphabetically in the same place as Awitho, not with A. Fun.
Likewise Oslash sorts after Z but can be represented as Oe (and is equivalent to Oumlaut) which also
sorts alphabetically after Z, not with O.

Every microsoft product sorts these characters incorrectly. Sorting things correctly in this context
is a pig so you get used to looking for things in both places.

..d