27 January 2026

The young woman who rode alone around the world on an old BMW motorcycle



In 1982, while most 23-year-old architecture students in London were worrying about their final portfolios, Elspeth Beard was busy packing a tent and a few tools onto a secondhand 1974 BMW R60/6. She wasn’t just going for a weekend blast through the Cotswolds; she was heading east with the intention of circling the entire globe.

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