Osterley Park and House

Last Friday saw a very rare day with it being me and just Lily; Noah was off to lego land with his uncle and cousin for a birthday treat.... leaving Lily and I with a day to ourselves!

We decided to visit Osterley House and Park, a National Trust Property near Isleworth.  If you know Isleworth at all, you would not normally expect to find something quite so beautiful in it's midst and Lily was quite doubtful as we headed across the A4........

We had a brilliant afternoon and there was so much to see and do.  You can borrow Ipod's for an interactive tour of the house, which brought the house and its history to life and helped us learn so much about the house and it's owners; we had interesting conversations about the class system, and would we be servants or ladies of the house? (servants sadly, much to Lily's disappointment!); we wondered what life would be like without running water and observed what a challenge that must have been; and we mused over the fashion of the period and enjoyed trying on some outfits.

Osterley House

Interactive Ipod

The Lady of the house!

   It is of course essential when visiting a national trust property to visit the cafe, so lunch was cream tea (yummy!).

Lunch!

A brilliant day out, covering history, sociology, geography, culture and food tech!

Angela x