03711cam a22006855i 4500 3088 FISKH 20240205122338.0 171221t20182017txuabf 000 0aeng d 2017964302 9781937747985 1937747980 (OCoLC)on1046449299 WC4 eng WC4 rda OCLCF LKC OCLCO ZQP OCLCO BUR OCL CCS OCLCQ OCLCO OCL DLC FISKH lccopycat e-uk-en GV1060.2.B375 A3 2018 629.227/5092 23 910.41092 23 Beard, Elspeth, author. Lone rider : the first British woman to motorcycle around the world / Elspeth Beard. North American edition. Austin : Octane Press, 2018 2017 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 20 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "In 1982, at the age of twenty-three, Elspeth Beard left her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6. With some savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes and some tools, all packed on the bike, she was determined to prove herself and to get over a recent heartbreak. She had ridden bikes since her teens and was already well traveled, but this journey would be the toughest thing she'd ever done. By the time she returned to England two years later, she was 30 pounds lighter and decades wiser. She'd ridden through deserts and mountain ranges and war-ravaged countries. She'd faked documents and fended off sexual attacks, biker gangs, and corrupt police that were convinced she was trafficking drugs. She'd survived brutal crashes and life-threatening illnesses and she'd fallen in love with two very different men. In an age before email, the Internet, mobile phones, and GPS, Elspeth had to navigate with unreliable maps, communicate by post, and fix her bike with the tools she carried with her, but she achieved her goal nonetheless. Told with honesty and wit, this is the extraordinary and moving story of a unique and life-changing adventure."--Back cover Beard, Elspeth. Beard, Elspeth Travel. Women motorcyclists England Biography. Motorcycling. Motorcycle touring. Voyages around the world. Femmes motocyclistes Angleterre Biographies. Mototourisme. Voyages autour du monde. Motorcycle touring. fast (OCoLC)fst01736884 Motorcycling. fast (OCoLC)fst01028122 Travel. fast (OCoLC)fst01155558 Voyages around the world. fast (OCoLC)fst01169326 Women motorcyclists. fast (OCoLC)fst01178166 England. fast (OCoLC)fst01219920 Autobiography Biography Autobiographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919894 Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896 Travel writing. fast (OCoLC)fst01919983 Travel writing. lcgft Autobiographies. lcgft Biographies. lcgft Récits de voyages. rvmgf Autobiographies. rvmgf Biographies. rvmgf 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 3088 3088 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 TKSNF 2024-02-05 0 BEA 920 629.227/5092 2024-0075 2024-02-05 12:22:23 2024-02-05 BK