Simone Talfourd

Simone Talfourd is a writer, speaker, and world record-setting adventurer who’s built a life around saying ‘yes’ before figuring out how. Her work explores courage, connection, and just how far you can get on enthusiasm, conviction, and very little prior experience.

In 2017, she swapped city life (and a perfectly good flat) for the high seas, joining a round-the-world yacht race despite having never sailed before. Since then, she’s rowed non-stop and unassisted around Great Britain — earning a Guinness World Record — and in 2022, paddleboarded 450km unsupported along the remote northwest coast of Greenland. This July, she’s taking on a 300km kayak expedition down the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Her writing on pushing beyond perceived limits has been published internationally, and she’s currently working on a book about her row around Britain.