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Lone Rider - The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World (Paperback)
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Lone Rider - The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World (Paperback)
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Loot Price R291
Discovery Miles 2 910
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In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three and halfway through her
architecture studies, 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. Reeling from a recent breakup and with only
limited savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes and some
tools, all packed on the back of her bike, she was determined to
prove herself. She had ridden bikes since her teens and was well
travelled. But nothing could prepare her for what lay ahead. When
she returned to London nearly two and a half years later she was
stones lighter and decades wiser. She'd ridden through unforgiving
landscapes and countries ravaged by war, witnessed civil uprisings
that forced her to fake documents, and fended off sexual attacks,
biker gangs and corrupt police convinced she was trafficking drugs.
She'd survived life-threatening illnesses, personal loss and brutal
accidents that had left permanent scars and a black hole in her
memory. And she'd fallen in love with two very different men. In an
age before email, the internet, mobile phones, satnavs and, in some
parts of the world, readily available and reliable maps, Elspeth
achieved something that would still seem remarkable today. Told
with honesty and wit, this is the extraordinary and moving story of
a unique and life-changing adventure.
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