Elspeth Beard, the first Englishwoman (and 2nd woman) to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle, traveling 35,000 miles (56,000 km) on her BMW R60/6. The journey took 2 years, 1982-1984.
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Don’t know why I have never heard of her before, so a good one. I took great pleasure in the book Jupiter’s Travels about the English man, Ted Simon who did this a decade before her.
The luxury he would relish when found? An egg, fried in butter.
I always wonder how land vehicles can ‘circumnavigate the globe’. – did she ride the bike around the deck of the ship between continents?
We’re still waiting for the feat to be accomplished on an English bike.