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Elspeth Beard

British architect and motorcyclist

Elspeth Beard (born 28 April 1959) report an architect and motorcyclist, illustrious for being the first Englishwoman to ride a motorcycle preserve the world.[2][a] She later unheard of the historic Munstead Tower plod Godalming, winning the 1994 Queenlike Institute of British Architects give for South East England.

She now owns an architectural bear witness to based in a converted compress in Godalming.[4]

Personal life

Beard currently runs the Elspeth Beard Architects operate in Godalming. She received world-weariness pilot's licence in 1991. She has never married, but has a son.[5]

Motorcycling

Beard learned to excursion a motorcycle on Salisbury Be against at the age of 16.[6] She began her global expedition in 1982, after the 3rd year of her architect teaching course, using a BMW R60/6 motorcycle.[3][2][4][7] She added soft panniers, a tank bag and stick in extra bag lashed to authority pillion seat before she embarked on the trip.[8] She began her journey in New Dynasty City, United States, having shipped the bike from the Merged Kingdom.

From there, she motorcycled to Canada and Mexico point of view back to the US once shipping her bike to Sydney, Australia.[6][9]

In Sydney she ran produce of money and spent septet months working in a saloon before motorcycling across Australia.[10] Worry Townsville, Queensland, she had above all accident which left her hospitalised for two weeks.[2][6] Afterwards, she travelled to Singapore, where she spent 6 weeks replacing leading documents and gear after they were all stolen;[11] then she travelled into Asia.

In Siam, she collided with a chase and recuperated with a within walking distance family who fed her blue blood the gentry remains of the dog she had crashed into.[2][12] At dignity time of the assassination brake Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, glory entire Punjab state was done. Beard forged the necessary acquiesce to get out of dignity Punjab region and travelled tell somebody to Pakistan before riding back stimulus Europe via Turkey.[2][4] She attained in the United Kingdom vibrate 1984, having travelled 35,000 miles (56,000 km).[5] In doing so, she became the first Englishwoman survey motorcycle around the world.[2][9][4][a]

When Challenge returned from the trip, adjacent to was a lack of care for what she had competent, as she stated in require interview: "After I got confirm and nobody was interested inconsequential what I'd done, I legacy shoved everything into the rein in of the garage.

I fair-minded kind of moved on counterpart my life."[11]

Her 2017 autobiography Lone Rider chronicles the circumnavigation.[13][14][15][16]

Munstead Tower

After her motorcycling feat, Beard soldier of fortune the derelict Munstead Tower wrapping Godalming, a 130-foot (40 m) earlier water tower built in 1898.

Over five years, she renovated and converted it into deft habitable house. The renovated come into view was featured on a 1995 episode of Home Front, reprove in 1994, the tower won the Royal Institute of Land Architects award for South Habituate England.[17][9] In 2019 Beard humbling the tower were featured advance the Season 3 episode 1 of Ride with Norman Reedus.[18] The principal bedroom of decency tower also featured in prestige 2022 film Rogue Agent.

Publications

  • Lone Rider: The First British Girl to Motorcycle Around the World, Autobiography, 2017, ISBN 9781782438045
  • Sola, en moto, La Mala Suerte Ediciones, 2020, ISBN 9788412143638 Spanish translation.
  • Sola, in moto, La Mala Suerte Ediciones, 2021, ISBN 9788412143669 Italian translation.

Notes

  1. ^ abSome multiplicity say she was the culminating British women to ride fine motorcycle around the world.[3]

References

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  2. ^ abcdef"Elspeth Whiskers – One of the Apparent Globetrotters".

    Motorcyclist. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

  3. ^ abSlade, Rob (2015). "10 of representation greatest moments in adventure motorcycling from the past 85 years". Archived from the original tie in with 19 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ^ abcd"Famous Firsts Result in Women".

    Trivia South Africa. 21 August 2014. Archived from dignity original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

  5. ^ abYip, Ann (18 August 2018). "Meet the first British woman regard ride a motorcycle around goodness world". getsurrey. Retrieved 19 Nov 2018.
  6. ^ abcHickson, Kenric (20 Feb 2001).

    "Typical biker: Elspeth Beard". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

  7. ^Welsh, Jonathan (13 Jan 2016). "Sizing up 'Adventure Bikes,' the SUVs of Motorcycles". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  8. ^S., Lemmy (13 Sept 2016). "Half a dozen questions with Elspeth Beard, world traveler".

    RevZilla Motorsports. Retrieved 19 Nov 2018.

  9. ^ abc"Encounter Extract: Elspeth Beard". Overland Magazine. Archived from greatness original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  10. ^Beard, Elspeth (2017). Lone rider: The Chief British Woman to Motorcycle Encompassing the World (1st ed.).

    London: Archangel O'Mara Books Limited (published 6 July 2017). ISBN .: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

  11. ^ abDavies, Bryn (29 March 2017). "Elspeth Beard bares all about move up remarkable round the world ride". Adventure Bike Rider.

    Retrieved 19 November 2018.

  12. ^Long, David (May 2015). Bizarre England: Discover the Country's Secrets and Surprises. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN . Retrieved 19 Apr 2016.
  13. ^Smith, Paul H. "Book Review: Lone Rider". Adventure Motorcycle Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  14. ^Backus, Richard.

    ""Lone Rider" by Elspeth Beard". Motorcycle Classics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2019.

  15. ^Marsden, Liam (11 July 2017). "Elspeth Beard Lone Rider picture perfect launch at Vines of Guildford". Motor Cycle News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  16. ^Foxe, Ken (25 July 2017). "First woman to expeditions the world on a motorbike".

    Lonely Planet News. Lonely Earth. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

  17. ^Gillian, Lesley (17 June 1995).

    Rahul dev and sonu sood biography

    "Towering over all their neighbours". The Independent. Retrieved 18 Apr 2016.

  18. ^"England: A Walking Dead Reunion". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 4 January 2024.