Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World by Elspeth BeardMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
An amazing read. It's full of adventure, culture, excitement, romance, mystery and of course a woman riding a motorcycle.
She has detailed how the various cultures viewed a woman riding a big motorcycle in the early 80s though am sure that there are certain subtle changes over the decades now.
She is a young woman, just after college, setting out on a round the world trip on a motorcycle in 1982 when it was not the done thing. Despite all odds she goes ahead and proves that once you put your passion to work there is no looking back.
She started her ride from London, USA, Australia, South East, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkey and back to London.
Her description of riding on various roads/offroads is an education for all motorcyclists.
A must read for every motorcyclist and travellers.
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That looks like a very interesting book. Nicely reviewed.
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ReplyDeleteI believe it was this lady who inspired a French acquaintance of mine to do similar in the 1990s - for her it was the entire Americas, north to south, over to NZ and Australia (where we met), up to India and over land to Egypt, up through Turkey and then most of Europe. On a Yamaha 250cc called Charlotte... we've been waiting for her to write her book, but I don't think it's going to happen! YAM xx
I hope she does!
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