It’s tradition to go and visit a house or a garden on a bank holiday, or it was a tradition when I was younger but It seems hobbies, DIY projects and acquiring allotments took over our lives. This Easter bank holiday however, we decided as a family to go to a National Trust location literally 15 minutes down the road which we had never, ever visited before believe it or not!
Mottisfont Abbey was crafted from a medieval priory, with a walled garden and lots of estate to explore it was the perfect day out. The sun decided to shine for the majority of the day and we had a lovely look around the gardens before walking beside the river and through the wild meadow. A quick spot of delicious lunch in the beautifully furnished kitchen cafe before looking around the large house and at the Lichfield Photography exhibition upstairs to end the most perfect of days.
I have been so busy on mine and my Dads allotments lately that it was lovely to have a day off from all the digging and weeding to walk around these lovely gardens. And the best thing about today? We joined the National Trust so we are planning on going back in the Summer for picnic’s and to see the gardens in full bloom! No doubt there will be plenty of more photographs to follow
2 thoughts on “A day out at Mottisfont Abbey”
Hello Katie,
Mottisfont is a lovely visit. You must go when the roses are in bloom. Mottisfont is a short distance for me as we are in Rownhams, I take my twin girls there to run around and get rid of some energy. It’s a great big playground for them.
Mind you their new hobby is of course the allotment and digging lots of holes in my beds! It makes me smile but it tends to only last half an hour then they want to do something else!
Glad you had a nice day and the weather was good.
Happy growing, Helen
Hello Helen,
I think it’s my new favourite place and I just can’t wait to go back in the Summer to have picnics on the lawn, it was a perfect day out which I wish I had done sooner! I live in North Baddesley so not far at all.
Oh dear! Atleast you are involving them with gardening which is lovely