Simon Gandolfi (born February 11, 1933, in London[1]) is an English writer and long-distance motorcycle rider.
He has ridden over 110,000 kilometres (68,000 mi)[2] on solo, unsupported rides in America and India including: A 2010 tour of India was undertaken in defiance of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, of which he said "The attack infuriated me and I saw all the tourists cancelling and so I rode around India, and if a grand old man like me can ride around India at my age, it can't be that dangerous.
[3][5] The 2013 ride around India was published as a series of contributions to The Guardian's "Backpacking" travelogue section between June and October of that year.
[6] The column on his ride, which was planned to span India to England, ended when he suffered broken ribs and other injuries after being kicked off his bike by a heifer in the road.
Colonel Euan Rabagliati DFC, MC, Legion of Honour, British pilot in World War I, and World War II MI6 officer.
Wildwood House 1975 ISBN 978-0704501621 The Reluctant Stud, Sphere.