'Oppoing Over Offa's Dyke. Friday 31st May.

Knighton is about a 4 hour drive from Spalding. The route that you would expect the satnav to suggest is A14, M6, M54 and then A5, A49, finally the A4113 to Knighton. I think Helen, about halfway there, pressed the button on the satnav which obeys the command "avoid motorways and big roads at any cost". Besides confusing the driver, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise because we enjoyed an idyllic rural drive through pastures green and still waters by. It gave us great pleasure and only cost us a little time. And what is time? An abstract concept dreamed up by man that only benefits those in charge.

Why, you might ask, are we driving to Knighton? The answer can be seen in the picture below. 

We have hired a lodge with a hot tub and sauna for a week's worth of R and R. It's in a beautiful rural location, surrounded by farm land, hills and woods. A real feature of the district is the abundance of wild flowers which reminds of how things were 60 years ago.

The lodge is kitted out to a very high specification. Let me show you round. 

 The view through the patio doors in our bedroom. The lodge has a kitchen/living room which looks out onto a large balcony, a bedroom and bathroom. In the bathroom is a large standalone bath, shower and sauna. 

And, of course let's not forget the eponymous hot tub. The working title for the holiday was "Hot Tub Holiday".

Whilst lying in the hot tub in the early evening we could see Red Kites soaring in the sky above and roe deer feeding in the field and hillside behind us.

However the best thing of all here is that it is really...........quiet.