Country diary: dodder is such a pretty parasite

Morwenstow, North Cornwall: Clumps of what look like pink spaghetti are strewn amid the gorseThe topography of the South West Coast Path has more ups and downs than a stockmarket graph, as anyone who has walked sections of this 630-mile trail knows all too well.The track rises to grassland plateaus, perched on towering cliffs raked by sea breezes, then plunges down steep-sided valleys where streams spill into sheltered coves, before rising again on a rollercoaster route around the western penins