Day out to Lanhydrock

Last weekend, we visited Lanhydrock House, near Bodmin.  It's less than 30 minutes drive from Cider Cottage and was the family home of the Agar Robartes family; now run by the National Trust.  The estate covers 900 acres of garden, parkland and woods, while the house boasts over 50 rooms.  It is preserved to show family life in a past age.  As you wander through the corridors and rooms, visitors are allowed to touch and feel a number of artefacts, while others are kept safe from visitors' fingers to prevent deterioration.  A particular highlight was the Long Gallery, a very large 17th century room with a ceiling carved showing scenes from the Old Testament, while a visitor played a Schubert melody on one of the pianos.  Locally produced meals were served in the restaurant by a jolly waitress.  A good day out.

Lanhydrock House - Garden and Church

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