we have been catching up with toby carr as he prepares to set off from his home in london.iting things about going in a kayak on the sea is a sense of simplicity that is just about being very close to the water and it is a human—powered movement. you can use the environment to your advantage or disadvantage. i'm toby carr and over the next year i am going to kayak in all of the areas of the shipping forecast. and now the shipping forecast, issued by the met office, on behalf of the maritime and coastguard agency. there are warnings for gales in south—east iceland. high norwegian basin 1029. expected 40s, 1030, by midnight tonight. the shipping forecast in the uk is the world's first storm warning system. 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. portland, plymouth, north biscay, northerly or northeasterly, four orfive, showers later, good. it broadcasts several times during the day on bbc radio 4. it's a pretty big undertaking to paddle in all the areas. the funny