You could hear the surf from the edge of the forest, shoulder high with lush salal bushes, and the trees change character as you near the windswept outer coast.
Gregory beach is a long curve between two wooded headlands. not heavy surf crashing, but a steady swell that lifted way up the sloping, stony beach to leave a bright rim of white that stretched across the bay.
the moss and undergrowth comes right onto the open beach. lovely blue green beach grasses with tall straight seed heads, and the bleached litter of driftwood tossed up the length of the cove.