Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast

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On New Year’s Day 2018, the swift action of an ambulance crew at Leigh Delamere Services on the M4 probably saved his life. They started treatment for Meningitis en route to the nearest hospital. He cancelled his interview for his Fellowship from his hospital bed in Swindon. Katie has lived in Barcelona for the last 10 years, but following publication, she returned home to Rutland as part of a nationwide book tour. Katie Carr returned home to Rutland from Spain as part of a national book tour

Moderate Becoming Good Later Toby Carr sister Katie finishes Moderate Becoming Good Later

History Makers: Female Writers Dominate the 2023 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Shortlist Variable, becoming northerly, 2 to 4 in north, otherwise easterly or northeasterly 4 to 6, increasing 7 or gale 8 in southeast. 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 We just grew up running around the village and having a wonderful time.” Toby pictured with a geyser amid the natural beauty of South East Iceland She first set foot in a kayak in January, but within two months she had navigated Toby’s kayak around the Bristol Channel leg.It also followed the loss of his brother Marcus to cancer in 2017, aged 38, which acted as an alarm call for his own life. You can almost taste the sea air reading Moderate Becoming Good Later. This incredibly moving story weaves together one family's story and shows the sense of hope and love that can be found through adventure even when things don't go according to plan. It's a privilege to be allowed a glimpse into life offshore Britain through Toby and Katie's words. * Elise Downing, adventurer and author of Coasting *

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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 Written by Toby's sister Katie from his extensive notes and recordings after his untimely death, Moderate Becoming Good Later is both an epic adventure - sometimes choppy, constantly moving - and a personal voyage of discovery that includes old friends and new, plenty of wildlife, and the ever-present sea. Katie Annice Carr is an artist, leadership coach and university lecturer. After the death of her brother, on finding Toby’s extensive documentation of his trip, she decided to finish telling the story he so clearly wanted to share. Katie lives in Barcelona with her partner and their two boys.

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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 * It’s intended to be for people who just like a good story, a bit of an adventure and be whipped off to a few different places around the world.” Toby in South East Iceland in the first summer of his adventure I think he would be delighted that his book got out and his story was told. And then he would be really excited that I’d been inspired by his story, got involved in his adventure and at the same time pulled a whole load of people along with me.” Heartbreaking, and utterly wonderful. A journey that had to be made, and a story that had to be told. * Alex Bescoby, adventurer and author * Cyclonic 7 to severe gale 9, but storm 10 or violent storm 11 at first in south, becoming westerly or northwesterly gale 8 to storm 10, then cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11 later.