GIRL ON A SCOOTER

WEST DORSET TO THE WAKHAN CORRIDOR. AND BEYOND…….

NICK: June 2017. I walk into my local bike workshop in Bridport, W.Dorset, where a very well used Vespa is undergoing an MOT. Mod cons include a stylish Samarkand tapestry seat cover. A pleasant young woman in her mid 20s collects. As she rides off, Clive (proprietor) tells me: ‘That’s Emma, she went from Wotton Fitzpaine to Ulan Bator. Via the Wakhan Corridor. On the Vespa. On her own. You two should have a chat.’

I took his advice. Emma had just got back: she’d been away for two years. This is her story.

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