A heartwarming coming-of-age drama, where childhood fantasy meets grown up reality. It's wartime. As the bombs fall Carrie Willow and her younger brother Nick are evacuated to Wales where they live with the difficult Mr Evans. They make the most colourful collection of friends, from the strange Mister Johnny who speaks a language all of his own, to the wonderful housekeeper Hepzibah Green who makes everyone's time at Druid's Bottom so delightful.