This first section skirts some of the heart of Poldark country and the locations where some of the television series" lushest landscapes were filmed, including Park Head and Porthcothan. I headed here first. This is the Cornish landscape at its most dramatic and striking, the wildflower-covered cliffs plunging down to sandy coves, lapped by blue-green water. After a hike along the South West Coast Path, I quickly worked up an appetite.