Linda Bootherstone has been travelling since her teens and finds that using a motorcycle for this reveals a different and exciting world. For over 40 years she has explored many countries and continents. Her other love is folk music and as a singer/ songwriter has written and performed in the countries visited as well as collecting indigenous music. To fund her travels she has had a variety of jobs from car cleaning to presenting educational shows in schools. She has written several travel articles for papers and magazines and also writes short stories and poems.