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ELSPETH BEARD: ONE OF THE EARLY GLOBETROTTERS (2016)

Run Time: 3:46
A BMW Motorrad Film

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“When I set off to ride my motorcycle around the world in 1982 I never imagined that my story would ever be published,” says Elspeth. On her return in 1984 she put all her journals, tapes and photos in a cardboard box in the back of a cupboard where they remained for over 30 years. In 2008 freelance journalist Paul Blezard was commissioned by Andy Dukes to write an article about her round-the-world trip for BMW Motorrad, and over the next seven years her story gradually spread.

SUMMARY

Elspeth Beard is a motorcyclist and award-winning architect. In the early 1980s she completed a solo motorcycle trip around the world and became the first British woman to achieve this. She runs her own architectural practice, specializing in creating and remodeling interesting and unusual buildings. She lives in a converted Victorian water tower in the southeast of England and still enjoys riding her collection of motorcycles, which includes the trusty BMW R60/6 which carried her around the world.

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