We were out looking for a newer car, we had two and decided that one was enough, so we would look to sell both of ours and combine for something with lower mileage that we liked. Two to three year old cars provide a decent value for money so we were looking around that year. We headed over to Cornwall (Saltash to be precise) to look at some cars there, and decided that we would carry on to Lanhydrock, one of the best National Trust properties in the South West. Its a fairly simple drive along the A38 and Bodmin, before a short road is taken to the car park. Then you walk down a long driveway to the gatehouse and then the house itself. There are plenty of woodland walks around the ground, plus a more formal garden and lovely church to visit. Cafes are at both the car park and by the house, alongside the normal bookshop, shop and plants. The real treat is the house itself, it originated in the early1600s, when the Robartes family lived there, a huge fire in the 1880’s decimated the building before it was restored by the Agar-Robartes family, the family then handed the property to the National Trust after the First World War when the owner Tommy Agar-Robartes was shot during the war and the property (and family) fell into disrepair.