Race Across the World 2024 winner takes on Isle of Man challenge

Despite stepping outside his comfort zone by hitchhiking, the 23-year-old said the friendliness of the Manx public made it easy.

Getting from one end of the island to the other, Watts found himself taking buses, bikes, the Manx electric railway, and even hitchhiking in a tractor.

“I’m not really a hitchhiker by normality,” he said, but added that the island felt “very safe”.

Another experience that surprised him was aqua biking in Port Erin, something he said had never appeared on his bucket list.

“There’s some things that I don’t realise that I want to do until I hear that they exist,” he said, adding that “was like aqua-biking on the Isle of Man”.

Describing the experience as “really good fun”, he added that conditions were “a bit windy” but worth it for the scenery.