Fifty Years on The Road with Linda Bootherstone-Bick

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Linda Bootherstone-Bick has travelled the world by motorcycle for over fifty years and continues to ride. For her upcoming seventieth birthday she is planning to ride South America and be with friends playing her music. On this episode Linda talks about what a lifetime of motorbike travel feels like to her. Linda has never lived a "normal" life as such so she may be the most seasoned moto-traveller you'll ever hear. Audible Get a free audio book of your choice and a free 30 day trial at http://www.audibletrial.com/arr See more at www.adventureriderradio.com

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0:00.0	I didn't even realize I was in the middle of the earthquake because I was on a
0:03.8	D.R. 650 which is a big single and it vibrates anyway. I didn't know the
0:09.6	earth was moving. I just couldn't understand why all these houses were falling around,
0:15.9	falling down around me.
0:17.3	Sometimes the road seems lonely and sad.
0:21.9	There's danger around every bend, but my troubles are halved when I hear
0:29.1	in my heart the voice of my faraway friends
0:34.3	Those faraway friends give me hope when I'm down
0:38.6	And oh I can reach journeys and
0:42.4	There be laughter and light I can reach journey's end.
0:43.0	There be laughter and light when I ride into town and we are together again.
0:52.0	Each place that again.
0:58.0	Each place that I go, I take with me their smiles, songs and the words that they've penned
1:02.0	to share out the love and the hopes and the dreams
1:06.7	amongst other faraway friends. Those faraway friends give me hope when I'm down.
1:15.0	I know I can reach journey's hand.
1:20.0	There be laughter and light when I ride into town.
1:23.8	Now in case you didn't pick it up, this song is about motorcycle travel.
1:26.8	It's about world travel and making friends around the world.
1:29.8	It's called Faraway Friends and it's by Linda Boothstone Bick who is an adventure
1:34.8	motorcyclist that you've never come across before. This is the first one I've
1:38.5	come across. She's been riding for over 52 years. She's ridden all around the
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