An easy and delightful short walk, even on a windy day, is down the sheltered Cot Valley to Porth Nanven beach and back. The beginning winds through fields and farms to the unexpected lush forest at the top of the valley, complete with huge Gunnera, palms, and ferns. I followed the road alongside the stream down the valley, its steep sides covered with the remains of tin dressing and old mines.
The cove is famous for its dinosaur eggs – granite smoothed by glacier tides into unusual boulders during the last ice age. The Brisons sit offshore, seabirds wheeling around them on this gorgeous day. Surfers changing out of wet suits in the small car park gave me a glimpse of sagging white cheeks as bright as the eggs. Wildflowers like Red Campion (Silene dioica) were still in bloom, and hedge brambles gave up juicy blackberries.
Flat Two 