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now on bbc news, the travel show. i'm toby carr and, over the next year, i'm going to kayak in all of the areas of the shipping forecast. now, the shipping forecast, issued by the met office on behalf of the maritime and coast guard agency, at 0015 on tuesday, january 11. around every corner, there's something new. gps seems to be switching around where it says it is. it's kind of funny — i've been charging around this bit of sea

a bit like a mad person. i thought it was a brilliant adventure that he was going on but once i started seeing some of his reports "this is actually quite scary. "what he's doing is probably quite dangerous." the winds gone a bit crazy. the sea is mental. probably be about 6m—high waves. it looks maybe more than that. it looks maybe more than that. to severe gale nine... there are warnings of gales there are warnings of gales in viking, north utsire, in viking, north utsire, south utsire, 40s. .. south utsire, 40s. .. the shipping forecast in the uk the shipping forecast in the uk is the world's first is the world's first storm warning system. storm warning system. ..southeasterly seven ..southeasterly seven

to severe gale nine... it covers an area from the south coast of iceland and mid atlantic in the west to the danish coast in the east, right down to the north coast of africa. the funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or relevance but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. whilst i was growing up, we had a small boat on the east

so, i've got two days to go. i'm going through all my stuff. it's a bit daunting, cos i've got to get all of this stuff into a kayak, so i'm just trying to go through what i can take, what i can leave. this is a personal locator beacon and it is connected to an international rescue system and do the thing to do, which is push the red button here. so, push the button and, like, a whole fleet of helicopters turns up! it's my first day on the portuguese coast, which is rocky and mountainous and, i've got to say, it's just incredible. i'm going to start to make my

way back round cape saint vincent, and just to see how wild this place is. i'vejust turned into nordfjordeid. you can see some buildings, which i think is skogfjorden? i'm planning to stay here for a couple of days. the weather's meant to be getting worse over the next two days, so... hmm. this mist has descended. sings: # what should we do with a drunken sailor? # what should we do with a drunken sailor? # early in the morning... # tell his family... i'm really happy to be arriving in the harbour in schiermonnikoog.

notjust because it's got a cool name, but it's been a really long day today, actually. my navigation was ok, although i don't have the map for the second section and got a little bit — a little bit lost. we're nearly — nearly 11 hours on the water today. i grew up with a rare genetic condition which my brother also had, and when we were kids, we were often told that we wouldn't live longer than 30 and the life expectancy is quite short. so, i think that obviously puts in your mind a sense of determination to try and get the most out of things. when marcus died, it's difficult for me to say exactly how it affected toby because we didn't talk about what was like to lose someone who had the same

illness as you, and are you looking at your own future? you have a sense of freedom. you can get to places that people can't normally get to. so, there's a remote aspect to it, i think, which is appealing. there's also a point of perspective, i think, that being on the water and looking back at the land is quite an interesting way to experience it. behind me, you can see the lighthouse on the tip of the cape. it's the most south—westerly point in mainland europe. i've been incredibly lucky on this journey. in each of the places that i've visited that i've met really interesting people and been able to visit some very unusual places and moments like that, where maybe you've made a connection with somebody,

are, for me, really special. and so, i got a bit tearful leaving, because ijust think — i don't know. could i have imagined, when i set out on this journey, that i'd be leaving a small island with the last lighthouse keeper in spain shouting my name and... ..and waving me goodbye? ..and waving me goodbye? and, you know, there's and, you know, there's something about that that's. .. something about that that's. .. sniffles yeah, it's special. yeah, it's special. so, anyway, i'm getting a little bit — a little bit emotional. a little bit emotional.

this is where he left for his last kayak, and that was on new year's day. it was only eight days before he died. he was very ill at this point. and he came downstairs that morning and said to me, "hey, i usually go for a kayak on new year's day,

of course, he wasn't. i was very clear, helping him get in, that if he did capsize or anything happened, then i'd just run in and try and swim and bring him back. bye! but also, that if he didn't come back, that was also 0k because pretty soon, he wasn't going to be coming back anyway. toby said something interesting to me before he died, and that was that, "if you're thinking about doing

"something, now is the time to do it." and i found that really inspiring. i also realised that toby hadn't finished hisjourney and that perhaps, this was something i could do. now, we have the weather reports from coastal stations for 2300. tiree automatic — southwest two, 12 miles, 1,013, rising slowly. stornoway — south by east two, 16 miles, 1,011, rising slowly. the first thing i had to do was kind of learn to ask for help and then, little by little, deciding on, within each of the shipping forecast areas, which one i'd, you know, which one i'd do in what order. ok, let's see what's in here. this is toby's garage. this is where he kept

all of his kayaking kit. well, there's still two kayaks in there, so that's good. when toby went to iceland, he went in this kayak. and when i decided to do the trip, i just thought, "i've got all the kit, so haven't even got that "excuse." what else have we got? little bag of tricks. so, it was a bit of a crazy idea because i'd never been in a sea kayak, and — but i did think, "if toby's "done it, i can do it." which was slightly bad logic because toby had been practising sea kayaking for seven years. it doesn't fit — oh, now, it's in properly. 0k. i didn't want to take his journey and then do a really bad version of it, but i can

do it in my own way. toby started here in southeast iceland and went to faroes, and then across to north utsire, south utsire, fisher, german bight, humber. then he went down to this bit here, the yellow bit — so biscay, fitzroy, trafalgar. and so, what i was left with was all of this — round ireland and round scotland, down as far as tyne in north east england. he basically left me with all the wet and windy bits, which would bejust like him — as a challenge. shannon! it's a lovely rainy, misty, very scottish—looking day.

so, we'vejust rounded the island! yoo—hoo! and now, we're waiting to cross the shipping lane because we've heard on the vhs that a big boat is coming through and we don't want to have to sprint it through there. ship horn blares can't do it. ugh! expecting a bit of swell as we go around the corner, there? i think more a bit of wind. wind, right. wind — that's why i think it's best to go anti—clockwise... anti—clockwise, yeah. ..so, that we're coming

straight into it. into the wind, rather than... oh, yeah. ok, but head up! more into the wind! 0k. i can't turn around, though. ok, that's fine. just relax, relax. 0k. relax — longer strokes. right. relax. that's fine. great. well, it was a little bit hairy out there and i wasn't feeling very comfortable and so, we just have come round and come back. due to family commitments and things, i haven't been able to get on the water every weekend and paddle as much as i'd like, but the point�*s the adventure and trying to finish toby's story. westerly, four or five at first in south. fog patches

and showers at first. moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first. going to meet this guy called rob and essentially, it's sort of this network of sea kayakers. and when they heard my story and, yeah, they werejust keen to help me to get out. oh, look, there's some people with some kayak brackets on their roof. yeah, that must be rob over there. so, the day after tomorrow, i'll be completing it. wow. now i feel, like, quite sad that it's going to finish. yeah. it's been brilliant to get to know people, and there's this sort of shared love of the sea.

it's so lovely, though, that you've done it as a sort ofjoint effort. yeah. a team effort. you'd be very surprised cos i'd never been in a kayak, i'd never been paddling with him. wow. it's amazing, yeah. it's one of those places you feel, you know, "am i really here?" so, definitely the home of the birds here that most humans won't get to, can't get to. it's so lovely to be here. it's amazing. for me, there's been several different challenges and one of them is, of course,

the kayaking itself. and more than that, maybe the logistics — i live in spain. i've got to fly in to go to these places. i've got to rent a car or have someone put the kayak on the roof, come back months or weeks later to pick it up. so, i'm about to get on the ferry to the shetland islands, from aberdeen to fair isle — the last of the shipping forecast areas. so, i'm feeling quite emotional because it's the last bit. this is the last one of a long, long journey. sobs quietly it's been 5.5 years of a journey.

hello! mama, where are you? do you know what? i'm on the last ferry, going to the last place that we need to go to with the kayak. showers, perhaps thundery in north. good, occasionally poor in north. and the shetland isles — west or southwest, four to six. showers, perhaps thundery, good, occasionally poor. hello. hello! lovely to see you. good to see you. thank you for getting up early tonight. no problem, no problem! all done, all good. is all your stuff in a kayak? yeah. how does it feel to be here? yeah, pretty amazing! a place i never thought i'd come to, i think. and so nice for you

to come and to do it and to be able to finish with you guys, as well, yeah. thank you. i think that feels very special. trying not to cry... sniffles it feels really emotional, to be honest, because it's been a long journey. i don't really want it to end, to be honest. yeah. but at the same time, i kind of need to complete it. mmm. doesn't feel like we're finishing something. yes, like... to me, it feelsjust like one of the trips we would do with tobe, so... yeah, he's not here, but it'd be better if he was. it's more like bringing up memories, you know, and, yeah, sort of going back in time a little bit. yeah. like, in the beginning, it definitely felt like toby's and i stepped into his drysuit for the first time and put his stuff on and it

felt really weird. and, like, kind of like i was pretending. and did you feel like you grew into it, as well? yeah. like... it's sort of gone from something that's definitely toby's project to something that's now mine and toby's project. yeah. 0h! that was brilliant! thank you! and i think in a way, in the paddle today, it's felt like he's been there with us. yeah. you manage, you manage. here is the weather forecast for the inshore waters of great britain and northern ireland, valid for the following 24 hours,

issued by the met office at 0500. so, there's an emotional connection to the shipping forecast. it's possibly one of the most unemotional pieces of broadcasting but to me, it connects me to toby and marcus and this sort of family that i've lost. the whole of this has really helped me to process or deal with grief. i've also developed this love of the feeling of being in a sea kayak, the feeling of being on the water, surrounded by nature, that today it looks like this but tomorrow, it'll look completely different. the water, the light, the — whatever nature's here. and often, when i come back from the trips, you know, i want to give him

a call and say, "i've done this "amazing kayaking thing and i saw a seal and... tearfully: "..it was just beautiful". so sometimes, it's hard, but it is beautiful mostly and i'm really glad i've done it. toby: dover, south battle - southeast four or five. - mainly fair, moderate or good, occasionally poor. and that's the end of the shipping bulletin. wherever you are tonight, either on ships large or kayaks small, whatever your voyage, whatever your destination, take care. godspeed.

hello. well, friday brought some storms to southern parts of the uk, even a report of a damaging tornado. but at the same time, some parts of the country were also quite sunny and warm. in kew gardens, the temperatures reached 25 celsius. the days ahead are looking very different — it's turning unsettled, it's turning autumnal. a jet stream will send weather fronts in our direction and i think there's a fair amount of rain on the way, particularly across the southern half of the uk and this time next week, some parts of the country could be around ten degrees cooler by day. now, in terms of the rainfall this weekend, you can see where most of it will be. this is just the potential for rainfall here. perhaps 50mm or so in some parts of england and wales. so, it is a mixed bag this weekend. certainly some sunshine on the way, particularly across northern parts of the uk, but also heavy showers at times. so, through the early hours, maybe some showers returning to southern parts of the uk, some cracks of thunder. it's not a cold morning by any means. temperatures of around 1a in london, typically around 12 or 13 whether you're

north or south. so, further showers on the way on saturday, particularly across england and wales. later in the day, they could become heavy and move a little bit further north. but at the same time, a lot of sunshine in the forecast around the irish sea for northern ireland, for western parts of scotland — 18 degrees in glasgow — but i think quite cloudy and much cooler along that north sea coast. and then, notice the showers again here in the northwest through the course of saturday evening. and then on sunday, the showers become more widespread and heavier across parts of england and wales but again, the best of our weather on sunday will be in the northwest of the uk. so, once again, sunny spells for the western isles and not looking so bad there in belfast with a bit of sunshine too. but not so great further south with all the cloud and the rain. now on monday, low pressure is over the uk. that again spells a fair amount of cloud, outbreaks of rain and the air will start to come in from the north, so the temperatures will start

to drop from northern scotland — only 12 degrees. in the south, still relatively warm — we're holding on to the mid, possibly the high teens. so, here's the outlook for the week ahead. you can see that big drop in the temperature in the south. 1a degrees in london. but look at edinburgh — by tuesday, it's only around 11 degrees with showers. that's it. bye— bye.

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