We all know that serendipity has its part to play in life, and this was particularly true in finding Godolphin House near Helston in Cornwall. What a great survey of nearly 800 years of English history, starting with a fortune made in tin mining, and a gradual move into the English aristocracy. Backing the losing side in the civil war, but making it back after the Restoration is just a part of the story. The house and other buildings suffered some benign neglect in more recent years, but are now being renovated by the National Trust. The "hard hat" tour is the best way of absorbing all that history. Follow that with a walk up Godolphin hill for a view to the Atlantic in the North, the Bristol Channel in the south and everything in between including tin mines and the Goonhilly aerials.

Godolphin Cross, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9RE
01736 763194
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main
/w-godolphinestate
Google map: tinyurl.com/2wmbew9

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