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.

BBC Sounds Music, radio podcasts.

Oh, that sun is gorgeous. I can see some children playing frisbee and lots of people walking

their dogs. I've come to this lovely open area of grassland surrounded by trees,

which makes me think, I will start with a quiz question. What is the most densely wooded county

in England? Pat yourself on the back if you've said Surrey, because more than a fifth of its land is covered by trees.

And perhaps not surprisingly, the area I've come to is named after trees

because this is called Oaks Park.

And it's an amazing space.

It was originally, it belonged to the Earl of Derby, the 12th Earl of Derby.

And in 1933, Karshalton Urban urban district council acquired it the whole area is meant to be a

playground for the people who live here it was designated as part of the green belt around

London it's got a golf course and the sports center in the middle of it but the park is the big

attraction and honestly hundreds of people are flooding in today.

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