Mr & Mrs Smith

The concierge service at Trevenna can organise all sorts of activities, including open canoeing on the River Fowey; sea kayaking off the Cornish North Coast, surfing lessons with a professional coach; coasterring off the Cornish North Coast. Trevenna is a short distance from top-hole golf courses, including St Mellion, St Enedoc and Lanhydrock.

Visit the house, garden estate, shops and restaurant at National Trust’s Lanhydrock House (+44 (0)1208 265950; www.nationaltrust.org.uk) which has 900 acres of glorious grounds, filled with rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias in spring; much of it is accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.
Camel Trail cycle path goes from moor to sea, but take it from Wadebridge to Padstow; you can arrange to hire bikes. Climb to the top of Brown Willy, Cornwall’s highest peak, for the ultimate viewpoint – you can see the sea to the south and to the north.

Go wine tasting at family-owned Camel Valley Vineyard, and try their award-winning sparkling wine. (+44 (0)1208 77959; www.camelvalley.com)
Don a hardhat to explore Carnglaze Caverns (www.carnglaze.com) on your doorstep in St Neot; comprised of three huge caves and an underground lake it’s worth a butcher’s. The tour guide told us some people like it so much they get married here – we think Trevenna nicer for that; there’s also an enchanted woodland trail which is great for little people.  As in your kids, unless you believe in fairies…

Jamaica Inn (www.jamaicainn.co.uk) is probably too touristy to be really enjoyable, but if you’re a devote du Maurier fan it’s only a 10-minute drive away.

Near St Austell, the ‘global garden’ Eden Project (www.edenproject.com) offers the chance to take a tour inside those totally tropical foliage filled biodomes.