Lone rider : the first British woman to motorcycle around the world /
"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 p...
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[Austin, TX] :
Octane Press,
2018.
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