Pat Garrod
| Pat Garrod | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1964 (age 51–52) Chelmsford |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Long-distance motorcycling |
Pat Garrod (b. Chelmsford 1964[1]) is a British physician and long distance motorcyclist. He and his wife Vanessa Lewis undertook a 100,000-mile (160,000 km) round-the-world ride on a 1991 BMW R100GS,[2][3][4] between 1998 and October, 2002.[5]
His 2010 book Bearback — The World Overland describing the 4-year journey was called as a "damned good story" by Overland magazine,[6] and evidence of improving quality in self-published overland adventure books.[7]
After the circumnavigation, Garrod and Lewis crossed Africa twice more by motorcycle.[3] One north-to-south traversal in 2006 was more than 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) long;[8] Garrod's travel log records a total of over 65,000 miles (105,000 km) in Africa alone.[9]
Bibliography
- Garrod, Pat (2010), Bearback — The World Overland, Troubador Press, ISBN 9781848765146
References
- ↑ "Epic bike journey chronicled in book", Chelmsford Daily News, January 5, 2011
- ↑ Michael Traynor (c. 2010), Reviews of motorcycle travel books and other media
- 1 2 Dan Baker (January 2013), "Book Review: Bearback by Pat Garrod", Essential Travel (Thomas Cook Group)
- ↑ "Class notes" (PDF), Hartley News (University of Southampton), Spring 2011, p. 24
- ↑ Garrod 2010, page 511
- ↑ Paddy Tyson, "'Bearback. The world overland' by Dr Pat Garrod", Overland
- ↑ Paul H. Smith (March 25, 2014), Bearback, ADV Moto dualsport news
- ↑ Garrod 2010, page 513
- ↑ Pat Garrod, "Our African motorcycle routes", The World Overland website, retrieved 2014-08-11
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