Colourscape at Waddesdon

I've let our National Trust membership lapse, as we hadn't been using it as much as usual.  I follow a couple of our local properties on Twitter though, and I saw a tweet about a great arts experience that was coming to Waddesdon.  It's called Colourscape, and it's fabulous.

So we went today, and I rejoined with a home ed membership (£39 for a family, week day term times only, which suits us as I find weekends a bit busy).  The kids were a bit reluctant to come but I was totally convinced they would *love* Colourscape.  I wasn't wrong!

It's wonderful.  The tunnels are red, blue, green.  The red and the green are very intense, the blue is a real visual rest.  The staff give you a loose primary colour vest to wear, so that you become part of the installation - the colours change as you walk through the different segments.  In one section there were two musicians making all sorts of sounds with keyboards, pipes, a squeaky toy, percussion, voice.  The sounds echo through the structure.

The kids liked hiding and finding each other again, and just being there.  It was a such a sensory experience.  

I chatted with one of the staff and she said that they have a much larger one that comes to Clapham Common for a week-long festival in September.  It's 8 times as big!  It's open at the weekend, or weekdays for prearranged school visits.  I've emailed to see if I can arrange a home ed trip.

I'm so glad we went, and now we have NT membership again I can plan a trip to Cliveden's big slide!