'In the middle of nowhere down narrow country lanes', John and Sue Cushing's Georgian manor house hotel sits among five acres of brimming gardens, a prolific source of fruit and vegetables, cut flowers and perennial joy. All bedrooms have a bath and separate shower, fresh milk, homemade cookies. A trusted reader's Chamber room was 'huge', with a hand-built oak bed, a couple of armchairs, an 'impressive bathroom' with large bath and bracing wet-room shower. If noise affects you, ask for a room that isn't near the snooker table, where guests can play late at night. Home-grown produce appears at dinner in dishes such as garlic and garden herb rump steak. An Asian-style marinated pork dish was 'tender and tasty'. On Sunday, the dessert trolley makes a second lap, bearing 'excellent tiramisu and cheesecake'. Breakfast brings garden apple juice and a range of options including boiled egg and soldiers, and, to one reader's delight, cooked Staffordshire oatcakes, filled with cheddar and bacon. Be sure to explore the RHS partner garden, with its rose terrace, herbal walkways, double-tiered herbaceous border, walled garden and kitchen garden. (PA, and others)