Step inside a red-brick corner house in a yachting town on the edge of the New Forest, to find an idiosyncratic B&B, imbued with the generosity and personality of Tobias Feikle, perfect host and breakfast chef extraordinaire. You step inside the Victorian red brick corner house to find a suit of armour and a fine display of hats (pith helmet, trilbies, naval caps . . .). The ethos is one of unstinting generosity. Attention has been lavished on affordable bedrooms, such as first-floor Britannia Suite, styled in imperial gold and black, with bath and shower. The hand-painted ground-floor Courtyard Suite overlooks the courtyard and evergreen garden, the walls hung with an eccentric mix of artwork. The dual-aspect lounge has a marble fireplace, plush sofas, opulent drapes, views across the quay. Rhineland-born Tobias's career in hospitality began with a spell as a bellhop in Munich. He moved on up via the swanky Brenners Park-Hotel in Baden-Baden, and our own Chewton Glen, New Milton (see entry). He launched his B&B in 2000, and remains in sole charge, rustling up a range-cooked breakfast for guests, served at the kitchen table, before they head off for a puffin cruise or to catch a ferry to the Isle of Wight.