On the Moor Shepherd's Huts

Often overlooked in the rush to get further into Cornwall, Bodmin Moor Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (direct access from the glamping site) has a remote landscape of heather-clad hills topped with granite tors. As well as wild beauty, this secluded moor offers some cracking walking and cycling – head to The Cheesewring or Hurlers Stone Circles (both 40 minutes’ drive) for outstanding views, or pick up the long-distance Camel Trail in St Breward (five minutes). History is all around you here; for starters, you’re likely to come across abandoned tin mines wherever you go, and you can scare yourself silly on ghost walks among the ruins of creepy Bodmin Jail Attraction. If that doesn’t appeal, have a leisurely snoop around the art treasures at Pencarrow House and Garden (both 20 minutes), a grand Georgian pile open for guided tours. Turning to the north Cornish coast, Polzeath beach (35 minutes) is a sure-fire winner with surfers, while a little further north, you can explore mysterious medieval Tintagel Castle and scramble down to the beach to see Merlin’s Cave or go rockpooling. On the way back to base camp, call in on Port Isaac (both half an hour), a gorgeous fishing village doubling at Doc Martin’s home in the TV series.