Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.

Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.

I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.

But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.

I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into

a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to

give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole

new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories that

make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC sounds.

This is the BBC.

This is a BBC Radio 4 download. You're listening to me. Claire Balding with another edition of ramblings.

The waves are crashing into the shore and the wind is picking up clouds overhead.

It's a stormy day on the Isle of Man and I'm going to be walking along the coast on the southwest corner.

But the wind is so strong that the Triscallion, the three-legged flag, is gusting and literally pulling off its flagpole up ahead of us.

Andrew Foxen is my guide and tell me, Andrew, where you're taking me and why this is the number one pick?

Well, we're starting in Port St Mary in the south-west of the island and then we're going to

follow a fantastic piece of coast down to a place called The Sound.

Looking opposite, the calf of man, lovely stretch of water.

It's the best walk on the Isle of Man as far as I'm concerned.

Now you're a guide by profession, so you've actually changed our route today with safety in mind.

You know the weather is turning.

Yeah, the weather forecast is we're going

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