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

References

  1. ↑ "Epic bike journey chronicled in book", Chelmsford Daily News, January 5, 2011
  2. ↑ Michael Traynor (c. 2010), Reviews of motorcycle travel books and other media
  3. 1 2 Dan Baker (January 2013), "Book Review: Bearback by Pat Garrod", Essential Travel (Thomas Cook Group)
  4. ↑ "Class notes" (PDF), Hartley News (University of Southampton), Spring 2011, p. 24
  5. ↑ Garrod 2010, page 511
  6. ↑ Paddy Tyson, "'Bearback. The world overland' by Dr Pat Garrod", Overland
  7. ↑ Paul H. Smith (March 25, 2014), Bearback, ADV Moto dualsport news
  8. ↑ Garrod 2010, page 513
  9. ↑ Pat Garrod, "Our African motorcycle routes", The World Overland website, retrieved 2014-08-11

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