To help you escape from the rumble of traffic and the squelch of your shoes filling with floodwater again, here are some sounds I recorded in a Cornish fishing harbour, before the weather turned apocalyptic.

A near miss by two little dinghys leading to some fisherman banter:

Birds and gentle waves:

and mysterious gurgles:

Sea swirling in the cauldron of rocks next to the harbour:

The sounds of people at work: loading boats, vans and the coastguard’s helicopter going over:

Packing a huge net and chains into a crate with the help of a forklift truck:

And peace on the cliff path above the sea, with distant waves below: