Big news for CAMP VC with VCC 's live team talks project !! We're super excited to announce that we'll be welcoming to the CAMP VC site the legendary Elspeth Beard .
As the first English woman to circumnavigate the world solo on a motorcycle in the early 1980s Elspeth is a true pioneer in every sense of the word. We had the pleasure of riding & hanging out with Elspeth recently ahead of the launch of her book "Lone Rider" & talked to her about her amazing journey. .
To listen to VCCs newly launched team talk with Elspeth ahead of the event click the video before
To say that Elspeth Beard is a hero of ours at VCC is an understatement.
Elspeth Beard is one of a small select band of bold women to ride a motorcycle around the world being the first Englishwoman to do this solo. On top of this she achieved this feat thirty years ago, in the days before sat-nav, internet, email and mobile phones challenging the status quo even when the odds (and certain motorcycle publications) were against her.
At just 24 years old, after working job in a local pub to save up, in 1980 Elspeth bought her 1974 BMW R60 with 45,000 miles on the clock & set out on a life changing journey spanning 3 years & 54,000km.
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When you meet people you admire you hope to god that they don't disappoint you from the image you've built up of them in your head over years of reading about them. I can safely say that for all of us that meeting & hanging out with Elspeth lived up to everything we expected and more. To have met someone who did something so pioneering at a time when it was almost unthinkable to do this alone (whether you were a man or a woman ) in countries that even until today are difficult & dangerous to navigate has been an absolute inspiration to us & changed the way we've been thinking about alot of things lately. Hopefully it will for you too.
To watch more VCC team talks go to www.vcclondon.com/vcc-team-talks/