What an amazing inspirational woman. Thank you for having her tell her story.

Thanks for posting the interview Mike. I had the good fortune of seeing Elspeth at a book signing, fabulous lady.

Fabulous story of a true explorer 🌻🌈 now we need the movie Elspeth!

Hi Mike, What a great guest you had in Elspeth Beard, i love her approach to life and a very talented and down to earth person, the Quiet Achiever. We can certainly learn a lot from your interview with Elspeth Beard thats for sure. Loved that quote you said, the best journeys in life always begin in SCARYLAND, so true. Great interview Mike and great questions you asked her, Thanks for sharing her life's journey with us viewers. 😃

Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation you had with Elspeth. I really enjoyed listening to her book, as an audio book- what an incredible adventurer! Can't wait for part 2, to see the photos :-)

So enjoyed this conversation with Elspeth. What an incredible lady and journey. I'm going to check out her book. It sounds like it will be a great read. Look forward to part 2. Thanks Mike.

Great video! I’ve got both her books and I highly recomend them. Elspeth is a great inspiration.

Fantastic interview Mike. Definitely buying the book. What a wonderful, inspiring lady. 😊😊😊😊

That’s not a BBQ story, this a BBQ story . . . Reckon there’s quite a few stories in Elspeth’s life would easily hold the floor of conversation around a BBQ gathering. What an incredible woman. Ducking off into the introverted back ground, there’s a few people there.

always the people you meet that you remember.

What an amazing privilege to meet this wonderfull and legendary motorcycle girl!

Fantastic Mike, what a wonderfully interesting person. Loved it, have to get the book now. Thank you. x Its given me the inspiration to make my next life step, I know what I'm doing and where I'm going but its a bit scary. This has made me feel more confident. It is the right step for me, I know that but its still daunting and lots of sacrifices having to be made. xx

What a fascinating lady, getting out of your comfort zone and doing something extraordinary reminds me of a quite from David Bowie. "Go a little out of your depth, and when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting.” great interview, Mike.

Elspeth's book is a great read - brilliant and enthralling storytelling...

Just finished reading the book here in the frozen north of Ontario Canada February 2024. A very well written and engaging book! What a journey!

Laddies like these are the true heroes. She reminds me of another 'adventure ' Helen Lloyd who did similar but on a cycle.

Just finished the book, absolutely brilliant and so inspiring. Lovely to watch this interview and follow up on what happened next

Mike ~ Thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Just finished "Lone Rider" the other night and needed to know where/how she was today. Inspired by her, I'm researching the IoM Classic TT/Manx GP in August. I'm planning on flying into London, borrowing a mate's classic bike (he offered) and riding a bit until taking the Liverpool ferry to Douglas and staying there for the week of qualifying, races, pubs, people and whatever awaits me. Toddler stuff compared to Elspeth's intrepid journey, but then I'm in my 7th decade! Bring on the "scary!"

Great video and Elspeth is a wonderful woman (and friend) but she is one of the first, not the first. It emerged in 2021 that a lady called Mary Sievier had done the journey from 1967-1976 on a BSA Bantam. Search 'Mary Motorcycle' to find out more. Elspeth and Mary met for lunch and got on very well. Sadly Mary died at the end of 2023 but a podcast and film remain, and her Bantam is in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. This takes nothing away from Elspeth's fabulous journey or her wonderful book, and as Mary always said, there might be someone who did it even earlier who we don't know about yet. Lone Rider is a fabulous read

Definitely an inspiration to be found here! Thank you for sharing her story.

That was wonderful

Great conversation. You appeared to me as very skillful interviewer! Thank you for all teaching and inspirational content that you make.

Great Mike. Looking forward to this. Her book "Lone Rider" is one brilliant travel book. Thanks

Most enjoyable interview, fascinating person, great inspiration. Definitely getting the book😊😊

not what i was expecting - you got a future as a talkshow host if you ever give up the photograpgy. but.....very inspiring and a great motivational interview.

I remember seeing Elspeth on Grand Designs and thinking she left her client in the lurch for a biking holiday?! This conversation has completely turned me around. There’s more to us than we initially see or expect.

Read her book a few years back and enjoyed it.

Great interview. Inspirational person. 🙏🏽

A great interview with a great lady.

Very enjoyable Mike.

Great video Thank you.

Shes as cool as ice too !!

I'm a grown man and I wish I was as calm and cool as she is.

That was enjoyable. Interesting person

My fear to do a trip like that, or even 1/10 of hers for that matter, is that I somehow would have enough of it at any given time, and not be able to get home right away... May seem strange but that´s what´s holding me back I think.

Why is the tower grounds looking unkept?

so friendly I like to ride a Tour together? I am 64 now!

Brilliant Mike - you make a wonderful interviewer someone should take note and give you a regular TV show - but you're probably too good ----sigh -----

Gosh that was bloody good!