the first British woman to motorcycle around the world Beard, Elspeth creator author. text biography Autobiography Biography Autobiographies. Biographies. Travel writing. Travel writing. Autobiographies. Biographies. Récits de voyages. Autobiographies. Biographies. txu 2018 2017 North American edition. monographic eng

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328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 20 cm "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 Elspeth Beard. e-uk-en 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 Motorcycling Travel Voyages around the world Women motorcyclists England GV1060.2.B375 A3 2018 629.227/5092 910.41092 9781937747985 1937747980 2017964302 WC4 171221 20240205122338.0 3088 eng