Author Elspeth Beard

Elspeth Beard

Elspeth Beard is author of "Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World." She's a lifelong motorcycle globe-rider, and award-winning architect in Britain, where she specializes in creating unusual buildings and reinventing old ones like churches and water towers. She still rides, and is hoping her book reaches women in particular, who might see the value of (their own version of) hopping on a bike and speeding off into the blue yonder. You can buy her book on Amazon.

It’s a Dog’s Life. An excerpt from “Lone Rider” by Elspeth Beard

In this excerpt from "Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World" Elspeth Beard takes an epic wipe out in rural India and discovers the power of the human community

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Dave & Jo’s South-North Epic Adventure | Four Oceans, a Thousand Cats

Arctic Norway: on the Cusp in the Fleinvær Archipelago

My Budapest: a Traveller’s Take on Hungary’s Great Capital

Africa and the Winds of Change: How the Heroes of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Changed My Life

How I Hiked the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal

My First Quetico Expedition: Nature’s Lethal Power, 1963 (Part 1)

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A MOON Travel Guide to Budapest, Hungary

A Top 10 Thrillseeker Bucket-list by a Dedicated Adventurer

Biting Off More Than You Can Chew in Florence, Italy

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How Learning to Explore and Love the World Really Starts at Home

How to Deal With Reverse Culture Shock