Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast

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It was quite hard listening to his voice, and also the notebooks smelt of his house and stuff, so some of it, emotionally, was really hard, especially in the beginning. “Tobywas a fun-lovingadventurer really, but also a very normal bloke”. Photo: Michal Madera The Top 25 Christmas Cookbooks for 2023: A Smorgasbord of Inspiration for a Happy Foodie This Christmas Cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11, occasionally hurricane force 12 at first, becoming westerly 6 to gale 8 later. By this time, he had become a regular fixture with the Jersey Canoe Club, I stayed out of the conversation, but the other group members had no hesitation in offering him a place. He was welcomed with open arms. He joined us in Jersey for a couple of training weekends before the day arrived, and we met in Terminal 5 at Heathrow for our flight to Copenhagen.

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Armchair travel at its best. And I say armchair because I was very happy to just read this one, with all its thrills and spills, without feeling the need to go and do it myself. At times, I could practically feel the ocean churning beneath me, and my queasy stomach doing somersaults. A unique and heart-warming adventure, and beautifully written too. Bravo. * Simon Parker, journalist and author of Riding Out * When I got to the end of it I thought ‘actually that’s exactly what I feel like – I want to stop sitting at my desk typing, go out and have an adventure’. Sadly, Toby died on the 10th of January 2022; his last time in a sea kayak had been less than two weeks earlier, in Flushing, the village which had become home. Northerly gale 8 to storm 10 at first in southeast, otherwise northwesterly 3 to 5 increasing 6 to gale 8. We caught up with Toby in the autumn of 2018, listening to stories of the journey’s past and future plans. In May 2019, he was the main speaker at the Jersey Sea Kayaking Symposium, from where he headed out on the next part of his journey with his good friend Michal. A summer of Breton tide races plus the north and west coasts of the Iberian Peninsula. This project was approaching completion when world events and personal health issues intervened.

About Toby Carr, Katie Carr

Toby moved to Cornwall on his return to the UK and in the summer of 2020 completed the Cornish legs before intending to finish the job the following year. Toby's book also centres on the people he met, like these fellow kayakers on the Isle of Wight

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The sort of adventure I've often dreamed of late at night, with additional layers of poignancy and love. * Alastair Humphreys, adventurer and author * At 011200UTC, low 48 north 17 west 972 expected 53 north 01 east 956 by 021200UTC. Winds will continue to reach storm force 10 between 50 and 200 miles of the centre in the southwestern semicircle until 020500UTC. Winds will also reach violent storm force 11 or hurricane force 12 at times in the eastern half of Sole until 020300UTC. Low 56 north 26 west 965 moving steadily south-southeastwards and losing its identity by same time. Westerly or northwesterly winds will reach storm force 10 or violent storm force 11 in the far south of West Northern Section until 020000UTC, in the northeastern quarter of West Central Section and northwestern quarter of East Central Section until 020900UTC and in the southern half of East Central Section between 020400UTC and 021600UTC General synopsis While here she held a book signing at Walkers, in Oakham, followed by a launch event at Rutland Sailing Club.

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Heartbreaking, and utterly wonderful. A journey that had to be made, and a story that had to be told. * Alex Bescoby, adventurer and author * The kayaking was part of this idea of trying to live as full a life as possible in the time he was given.” Toby completed two-thirds of the challenge. Photo: Michal Madera The adventure was already there, I just never considered it because I’d never been in a sea kayak before, but then I thought ‘there’s a way of changing that, isn’t there!’. They have allowed Katie to deal with her grief and family loss in a uniquely personal way, adding a positive full-stop to a dark chapter. The perfect book for our times: from tragedy and stormy seas, come hope, connection, and elemental awe. Exceptionally beautiful and moving, a book that conjures connection to people, places and the ocean with the immediacy, grace and clarity of a kayak cutting through sea spray. * David Gange, historian and author of The Frayed Atlantic Edge *

High seas forecast and storm warnings - Met Office High seas forecast and storm warnings - Met Office

Cyclonic at first in far north, otherwise westerly or northwesterly, mainly 7 to severe gale 9, but increasing storm 10 or violent storm 11 for a time in western, central and southern areas. Slight at first in north, otherwise mainly moderate or rough, but becoming very rough in southeast. I think that’s what Toby did with Marcus’ death and what I’ve done with his with the book. But it was also worth finishing the adventure as well.” Pembrokeshire and Anglesey were completed in May, while the areas around the coast of Ireland will follow in July, and the west of Scotland up to the Hebrides in August.Around the age of 12, Toby and Marcus were told they were unlikely to live to 30, although both lived full lives beyond this terrible prognosis. Heartbreaking, and utterly wonderful. A journey that had to be made, and a story that had to be told. - Alex Bescoby, adventurer and author Moderate Becoming Good Later is a wonderfully salty adventure, a quixotic odyssey driven by equal parts grit and good humour around the stormy shores of western Europe. But what really elevates this above other travellers' tales is the astonishing and moving story of the book's completion - a remarkable collaboration across the ultimate gulf. * Tim Hannigan, travel, nature and history writer * The sort of adventure I've often dreamed of late at night, with additional layers of poignancy and love. - Alastair Humphreys, adventurer and author