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Over The River And Through The Woods

December 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM | by | Comment (1)

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, why just dream? Britain's National Trust features events all over its parks and landmarks during the holidays, for those times when cabin fever threatens to get toxic.

Using their event finder, we're pitching ourselves to Cornwall to visit Lanhydrock, the Victorian country house which is sponsoring a nature walk among its formal gardens on Christmas Eve. Forget last-minute shopping; if you come by from 11 to 4, you could win a special prize for completing the "Hidden Nature" challenge. And afterwards, there'd still be time to see some of the house's 50 rooms open to the public.

In case of inclement weather, curl up at home with a copy of the National Trust's Men At Work calendar ($11.77), featuring real Trust employees hard at work. Proceeds go to the restoration of Seaton Delaval Hall, a country house in northern England.

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· Celebrate Our Men at Work [Nationaltrust.org.uk]

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Gorgeous, but keep going west

Living in Cornwall, I know from firsthand experience that Lanhydrock is lovely, and easily accessible from Bodmin Parkway station. Bodmin itself isn't particularly interesting, but it's well situated to strike out for Port Isaac (Doc Martin country), Padstow and the dreaded Rock on the north coast, or Fowey and Polruan on the south coast. Either direction, there are some fabulous restaurants and gorgeous views.

But for what I think is the *real* Cornwall, keep driving west, past Truro and Penzance, and come down to Penwith, with Cornwall's most westerly beach at Sennen, gorgeous cliffs all the way around, and remarkably few pirates in Penzance itself. Lots of pasties, though...

Voyagers at TypePad dot com on December 10, 2008 at 8:15 PM #Permalink

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