National Trust - Godolphin — Attraction in Breage

We are national trust members This was an occassion when the house was open Plenty to see The volunteers were pleasant ,helpful and knew what they were talking about regarding the history of the families and the house There are plenty of rooms to see but be aware that it is let out during the year as a self catering holiday home wow as holiday cottages go The kitchen is up to date appliance wise so don't expect copper pans jelly moulds and an open fire to roast a pig on Outside the gardens are lovely full of interest they were full of snowdrops hellebore and cyclamen when we visited Outside buildings are interesting Wheelchair ramps have been put over steps etc and a lift in the cider house provides access to the upper floor so the dvd can be watched There are a lot of cobbled and brick floored areas outside with the old drainage channels still in place care needs to be taken this was explained to us Picnic tables are provided outside and the small cafe is very pleasant the toilets are clean and baby changing facilities are provided There are nice walks outside and good carparks We had a very...

As locals, we regularly visit Gadolphin Hill, and park vans in the associated car parks. On one particular day, we arrived just after dinner, but paid for an all day stay on the car park at the ticket machine, and made the tickets clearly visible. Two vans, so two all day tickets (as stated, 'allowed to stay until dusk').

But yet, at around 17:10, two female National Trust employees/volunteers drove into the car park, and parked up at the side of us, engine running, and proceeded to power trip, asking, but in a condescending manner, "you know you are not allowed to stay here overnight don't you!?", - what made this even more pathetic, was the fact that we clearly had purchased car park tickets, for all day, and for both vans, and there were several other occupied vehicles in and around the same car park, which they had to drive past to get to us,... and yet, they never said a word to anyone else?, clearly discrimination, because we had camper vans. Anyway, be aware, these people can be floating about, and they do sometimes tend to get a bit silly, and incoherently...

Took my grandchildren to Godolphin on a beautifully sunny and reasonably warm weekend day. Got to the site just after opening time so the car park wasn't busy at all. My grandchildren know their way around very well because it is one of their favourite places to visit. The walk-in is lovely; through tree- lined pathway with a haze of bluebells under the canopies. This is not a manicured site but gives the appearance of being managed well. The children love the activity barn where they coloured in pictures of bluebells. They were also keen to show us the cow in the milking parlour and how yo milk it. Their all time favourite is of course the mud kitchen. How disappointed they were to discover that it had all dried up due to a few days of dry, sunny weather. The children are five and three years old! A lovely place with many opportunities to walk on several footpaths of varying lengths. Beautiful countryside with a wealth of birdsong....