Mottisfont as a building managed to survive the demolition of Monasteries conducted by Henry VIII, Nowadays, it is owned and run by the National Trust (we are members, so free entrance).
The grounds are wonderful, and well worth a visit at any time of the year. They also put on various displays.
In january, they have a large part of the garden devoted to Snow Drops, I think it is one of our favourite flowers. This years display was lovely. It was a real delight to see them.
Whilst the Snowdrops were a delight to see, our main reason for visiting today was to take our GrandDaughter to see the trail of the Hungry Caterpillar, based on a book by Eric Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
It was a little bit muddy, but that was OK, she had wellingtons, and of course, she fell over, but there were parts of the trail where she was screaming (literally) with delight. In particular, the tunnel towards the end that represented the chrysalis – she must have gone through it about 50 times.
We had a snack type lunch, which was OK, and then had a slow drive home so that she could have a good sleep.
It was a really nice day.
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