By opening up his large woodland estate on the Lizard Peninsula as a part time-share, part self-catering holiday business, all year round, Sir Ferrys Vyvyan is doing his bit to counter the second-home ghost town syndrome in this beautiful corner of Cornwall. Trelowarren's historic grounds (mentioned in the Domesday book) have an organic walled garden, an all-weather tennis court and lots of woodland trails. Over 100,000 trees have been planted, providing wood for a vast 7-tonne woodchip boiler that heats 8 new-build wooden cottages. Most of the fish, game and herbs used in the estate's excellent New Yard restaurant come from the Lizard Pensinula.
Presented on the "Guardian Green Travel List 2010 - http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/content/green-travel-list-full-0