About this episode

The episode features interviews with Elspeth Beard, highlighting her groundbreaking motorcycle journey around the world and her subsequent rise to fame.

Elspeth Beard has become a household name in the motorcycle world, but it hasn’t always been that way. Back in 1982 she headed off on her around the world motorcycle journey, returning home years later and resuming her life in England as an architect and then a mother. It wasn’t until 2017, when her book came out, that the world would come to know Elspeth for her motorcycle journey. We were fortunate to interview her in early 2017 before the book’s release, and then again in 2018 after she had become the legend we know of her today. Enjoy these two back to back episodes. www.motorcyclesandmisfits.com motorcyclesandmisfits@gmail.com www.patreon.com/motorcyclesandmisfits www.zazzle.com/store/recyclegarage www.youtube.com/channel/UC3wKZSP0J9FBGB79169ciew womenridersworldrelay.com/ motorcyclesandmisfits.com/shop Join our Discord at discord.gg/hpRZcucHCT

People in this episode

Guest: Elspeth Beard

Topics covered

• motorcycle journey
• Elspeth Beard
• interview
• adventure
• travel
• architecture
• women in motorcycling

Keywords

• motorcycle
• journey
• Elspeth Beard
• interview
• adventure
• travel
• women riders
• architecture

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Organizations: Re-Cycle Garage, Motorcycles & Misfits

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