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 three days ago on a rainy wet Sunday afternoon I set out from Ilkley to take on the

Dale's way which is an 80 mile long distance walk that finishes in Bones on Windermere and it was

dreamt up and it was planned and plotted

and originally devised by the man I'm walking with today Colin Speakman along with Tom Wilcox

and Colin you must be immensely proud of how popular it's become and what a walk I have to say

what a fabulous walk through Waroffdale and then Dentdale

and now into Cumbria and into the lakes.

Yes, indeed.

I think we were quite amazed by the way it's taken off

and the way people have taken it to their hearts.

You know, it's now one of the most popular

long-distance trails in Britain.

Not an official national trail, but in every sense, national,

because people know about it and walk it and walk it many times.

It's one of the walks people come back to, they enjoy it so much, they can't do it again, you know.

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