If you're going to open a B&B in the middle of nowhere, you've got to do it properly. That's exactly what Nanette and Anthony Manning have done.

Access to the house is via the front door, through the porch. This opens onto a hallway, with a private room for the owners to the right and the guests' lounge/dining room to the left. Stairs are straight ahead of you, which ultimately lead to the second double room and the twin room. Half a flight up though these stairs turn back on themselves which provides a small landing area. Here there is a window and an open area which allows you to peep into the kitchen, and a 'hidden' staircase which runs along behind the wall where the main staircase continues to turn back on itself. This hidden staircase leads to the first double room.

The double room was comfortable with period wooden furniture including a double wardrobe, chest of drawers and a chair. There was an original open fireplace in the room too which provided a lot of character. The ensuite was compact but fitted out to a high standard, and, while benefiting from modern fixtures and fittings, was sympathetic to the character of the building. A blind as well as net curtains was on the window to provide maximum privacy, should you require it: the hamlet was so small this was never a concern for me.

The evening meal consists of a set three course meal plus coffee for £16 per person. As they are a small establishment they ask that you let them know a few days in advance if you will be eating in the evening, so it allows them opportunity to source provisions. These are sourced locally as much as possible. As a couple of our group are quite fussy with what they eat, we wanted to eat at the B&B but were concerned that perhaps something would be served that they didn't like. When I spoke to the B&B about providing a meal which avoided certain products, they were more than obliging. In fact, they said that they preferred being told what not to cook, as they would rather please their guests.

Breakfast was a three course affair and excellent. Firstly, there was a choice of cereals or fruit compote with yoghurt. Then you could have either a full English cooked breakfast - local sausages, bacon, eggs, tomato and mushroom - or smoked kippers, or smoked salmon. Toast was also provided with a choice of brown or white bread, with tea, coffee and freshly squeezed orange juice. The preserves on the table were either home made or locally produced too - strawberry and apricot jam, as well as the marmalade was all home made. The honey was locally produced, and the Marmite was the only thing I think I saw all weekend which wasn't a local product supporting the community!

The lounge overlooks the garden, and has a large dresser full of cookery books and local maps. Good food has an emphasis here, and rightly so: it is excellent. Most of it is cooked in the aga. There are also some comfortable chairs in the lounge, including a rocking chair. A shelf in the room also provides guests with some games to amuse themselves for the evening if you choose to spend it there.

One thing I do want to mention which I really liked: the B&B do have a Visitor's Book for adding your own comments about your stay. I've often stayed at places and been obliged to write something in a Visitor's Book with the proprietor standing over me, so it's never an honest evaluation or something you'd sometimes even want to write in. However, at Rezare the Visitor's Book was discreetly left in the dining room at breakfast time on a side table, so we could write in it if we wished. The comments that we read in there were a testament to the high standards the Mannings have set themselves and their establishment and they're clearly succeeding. They've had guests from all over the world, including Australia and Canada, enjoy their hospitality.