Breney Common
Across Breney Common is a wilderness trail, and next to it is a hill. It has lots of boulders on the top. All around us are patches of water with all sorts of plants around them. Insects fly around, and there are all sorts of plants with lots of colours. Next to each other it is very beautiful.
Breney Common is a nature reserve about 2km South West of Bodmin. It is a mixture of wetland and heathland, with a profusion of plantlife. The height of the plants breaks up the water into secluded ponds.
Red Moor
The path was very muddy, but the area was very nice. There was a big pond with an island in the middle. The water looked very clean, and there had been some clearance work done.
Red Moor is a nature reserve about 2km south of Bodmin. The wetland gives way to moorland and is topped off by Helman Tor. Gorse and heather are much in evidence and add a splash of colour even at the end of the summer.
Chapel Porth
The beach was very big, and there are cliffs with a lot of gorse bushes growing on the higher ground.
Chapel Porth is on the North Cornwall coast about 1km west of St Agnes. It consists of a large beach with sand and rocks, and steep cliffs. Waves relentlessly wash up on the shore and the conditions are sometimes good for surfing. There are many good rock pools and a profusion of shellfish.
Wheal Coates
The Cornish countryside is littered with old engine houses, but those at Chapel Porth are particularly fascinating, being perched at the top of a cliff. They have been disused for many years, but make a striking view as they overlook the heather and gorse, the steep cliffs, the sandy beach and the rolling waves.
Carne Beach
By contrast, Carne is on the South Coast – the cliffs are less sheer and the coastline more convoluted. The large expanse of sand is popular with visitors in the summer, and particularly with the locals, as it is less commercialised than many beaches.
Gull Rock
A lonely and isolated spot, Gull Rock is off the South Coast, near Nare Head. The derivation of its name is obvious, yet the contrast with the calm beaches of nearby Carne and Pendower striking.
