Geographically the Isle of Man is part of the British Isles, situated midway between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. This small country has a land mass of 227 square miles and measures 33 miles  by 13 miles.

The climate, lacking in extremes enjoys the warming influence of the Gulf stream which flows around the shoreline. Prevailing winds blow from the South West, giving varying degrees of shelter and exposure island wide due to the rugged nature of the topography. Once clear of the winter months the weather quickly becomes finer and from April through to October pleasant settled weather conditions are the norm. In the summer, the months of May and June are usually the driest whilst May, June and July are the sunniest. July and August are the warmest.

 The population currently stands at 78,000 giving the Island one of the lowest population densities in Europe and with about 40% of the Island being uninhabited there is always plenty of room to move around.