Going to the Prince Charles cinema off London’s Leicester Square dressed as a nun for the Sound of Music movie sing-along, is way up there for me as a good use of your time. Imagine, then, getting to spend a night at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, established by Maria and the Captain! It’s all very Austrian alpine. Chalet style with floral window boxes and hanging baskets. If you’re lucky you’ll get to chat to Sam. He’s actually a grandson of the Maria, played so beautifully by Julie Andrews.
Sam says he never ceases to be overwhelmed by the impact his grandmother’s book, and subsequent movie, have had on millions of people across the globe - an increasing number of which find their way here to tell him personally.
So was she a flibbertigibbet, a willow the wisp and a clown? ( Well, admit it, you would have been disappointed if I hadn’t asked). All of the above, apparently, with plucky, sharp and non-nonsense thrown in. The lodge is a winter sports base and in warmer months you can hike and mountain bike on a series of superb marked trails. Sam sent me out on my first ever single track trail. It was like riding a roller coaster on two wheels, total adrenalin kick.
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