Highclere Castle hosts Easter Egg Hunt for Naomi House a huge success!!

Easter Sunday saw the Easter Egg hunt at Highclere castle become one of the most successful!!

Incredibly, despite sleet, wind and cold weather, well over 1000 people turned out to take part in the charity Easter Egg Hunt at Highclere Castle.

I cannot begin to tell you how cold it was - my fingers became difficult to move at one point!

Such was the response, additional volunteers, including myself had to be drafted onto the entrance gates to help the crowds gain entrance to the grounds. As the afternoon wore on and the excited children completed their hunt, there was an Easter Bonnet parade to finish off the afternoon. Over 750 eggs were finally distributed - how fab is that!!

I was so impressed that the crowds were prepared to queue in that weather ( I can tell you I would not have been quite so keen!) and were just fantastically patient, as we endeavoured to take their entrance fee and the children were so well behaved even though excited, so it made it all worthwhile.

For more events in aid of Naomi House, check their website!

For events at Highclere Castle check out their website.

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