If you haven’t got the time or energy to jet off to the other side of the world this summer and just fancy a spur of the moment, no fuss, short break you don’t need to look any further than England. I’ve just come back from a weekend break to the new forest where I stayed at Rhinefield House Hotel, a very atmospheric converted manor house. I found this hotel on the web after desperately searching for a UK hotel with an outdoor swimming pool so I could make the most of the British sunshine while its still here. I stumbled upon www.handpicked.com , a website with 14 beautiful hotels dotted around England’s countryside.

All hotels in the collection are converted manor houses but most offer all the up-to-date facilities such as spa’s, heated swimming pools and health centers. Being the nearest to where I live, Rheinfield house was the first of the Hand Picked hotels I looked at and I was delighted to discover it had an outdoor pool! I booked it immediately through a late Rooms website and got a great deal.

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