Pat Garrod | |
Birth Place: | Chelmsford |
Nationality: | English |
Alma Mater: | University of Southampton |
Occupation: | Physician |
Known For: | Long-distance motorcycling |
Pat Garrod (b. Chelmsford 1964) is a British physician and long distance motorcyclist. He and his wife Vanessa Lewis undertook a 100000miles round-the-world ride on a 1991 BMW R100GS, between 1998 and October, 2002.[1]
His 2010 book Bearback — The World Overland describing the 4-year journey was called as a "damned good story" by Overland magazine, and evidence of improving quality in self-published overland adventure books.
After the circumnavigation, Garrod and Lewis crossed Africa twice more by motorcycle. One north-to-south traversal in 2006 was more than long;[2] Garrod's travel log records a total of over in Africa alone.