The Doves are huge advocates of the National Trust and we’re lucky to have so many properties local to us. We venture outside the Surrey Hills whenever time allows and Mottisfont has been on the ‘must see’ list for a while. Located in a sheltered valley near Romsey in Hampshire, the country house is set in the most magnificent grounds with ancient trees, lawns and streams to explore.
An inset day and an unexpected bout of sunshine provided the perfect opportunity to discover Mottisfont (full post to follow). We left the house a little later than intended but POD dozed off almost immediately which was a blessing in disguise. Having refused to sleep until c.10pm for five nights on the trot, she was shattered!
She woke up when we reached the Mottisfont car park fully refreshed and raring to go. We spent half an hour when we arrived just peering at the stream beneath a brick bridge before heading to the huge lawn in front of the house for crazy star jumps! It seemed at that point we were going to have the best mother daughter day ever.
We took a path round to a Stream Garden and font before checking out the pretty Winter Garden where we chatted to staff about birds. POD had been on the hunt for a Robin in-between hopping onto every stepping stone she could find and making silly faces!
Oh bless her. It sounds like it was such tiring work. I really need to visit a National Trust over the festive season as all posts I have read sound really good.
Beautiful photos, as always, what a gorgeous day you had for your visit!xx
You have captured the fournager strop perfectly – sorry your day didn’t go to plan but these are the moments your remember and laugh about 😉
Love that last photo! We also love national trust places and have a few beautiful ones near us that we visit frequently
This sounds like a fun place to visit. Your photos are great – especially the ‘surprised’ one. Sorry about the tantrum – these things happen, but they can be stressful!
I love that children are so unpredictable POD sounds perfect, I like her little hat its so cute.
Mottisfont looks stunning, your photographs are beautiful, Mottisfont looks magnificent.
Your photos are brilliant and absolutely classic!! So funny. We are National Trust fans too (and have had many such incidents!) It sounds like the good times outshone the bad though (although I think that bottom photo is absolutely adorable!)
Oh bless, she still looks gorgeous even in fournager mode. CHildren really do flip on the edge of a coin, yet we will always love them so, so much.
Haha love that tantrum photo, she still looks totally adorable in it though 😉
What fabulous stroppy and silly faces POD does! This place sounds and looks wonderful, Hampshire is a bit far for just this sadly, but if I’m passing by en-route elsewhere I might go and relax.