Ted Simon

You know, it's a kind of a mad race down to the ferry and all that kind of stuff.

But I was inspired by the likes of Ted Simon and Austin Vince and Charlie and Ewan.

I said, you know what, I'd love to just try this on my own.

And when you try an adventure on your own, it gets you into a different headspace.

Lisa only.

hey adventurer i'm bridget hallam from throw your leg over and today i am super duper excited to be chatting with lisa thomas now lisa is a world adventurer i can safely say she has ridden over 800 000 kilometers or 500 000 miles in the old money in 83 countries on six continents with her husband, Simon, for over 17 years.

And as I'm saying these numbers, my mind is getting blown.

Lisa has traveled further than any other woman I know on a motorcycle.

And, um, when I got home again, I, uh, started trying to turn, turn it into a novel.

But then a guy called Ted Simon had been around the world on a motorbike three or four years before me, and had written a very successful book about it.

So I thought, "Well, there's not really room for more than one book about driving a motorbike around the world." Whereas in fact, there's probably, um, thousands of books now about driving around the world on a motorbike.

But in those days, didn't know that, so I just stopped writing and got on-

Like, the, to, for the trip, uh, there were so many people that I, I still do hold on a massive pedestal 'cause they'd, they'd done all these amazing trips.

You know, Ted Simon and Lewis Price, and just- Just there's so many people that have done trips like these in the, you know, the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, early noughties, before sat navs, before mobiles, you know, just people that properly did head off into the unknown and just go for it.

I kinda feel like I rocked up, I had one of the first sat navs going.

I had a mobile of kinds, you know, it was like a, an iPhone 1, I think.

Jocelyn Snow.

Ted Simon.

Simon Paty.

Jimmy Lewis.

So it was the first time for me.

But being at Overland Expo, meeting people like Sam Manicom, Ted Simon, Simon and Lisa, all these incredible people who are speakers, they gave me so many tips, and they gave me the knowledge and the help to go out there and to do these amazing things.

And also they helped me with how to prepare p- presentations to pitch to brands and companies.

So it all worked out.

Jocelyn Snow.

Ted Simon.

Simon Paisley.

Jimmy Lewis.

Mm.

And it was only then that I began thinking, "Maybe we can do this." So yeah, having somebody go and, and blaze the trail ahead of you, um, I find very helpful.

And, you know, of course, we all owe, um, so much, a debt of gratitude to Elspeth Beard and to Ted Simon and to all the, the luminaries who have gone before and traveled the world and showed us that it was possible-

Mm-hmm