Stourhead

One Saturday morning recently we got up early and headed over to Wiltshire to see family - in particular to meet our new nephew.

As we sailed down the A303 we had a message saying we couldn't go over anymore! 

With two kids ready, and only money for the petrol we had in the car I quickly opened up the National Trust website and searched the nearest place we could get into with our orange plastic cards.

A quick stop at a shop to grab some picnic bits we headed over to the walled garden at Stourhead for lunch.

We took a walk around the huge Stourhead estate which included cottages and a pub. It was like being swept away to another country...Italy in fact, there was just this feeling about the place.

We had fun exploring the grounds. Albie enjoyed climbing the trees and I enjoyed oohing and aahing at the really tall red trees.