Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
Season 3 Episode 4 of 5
Sandi is joined by comedian and author Rosie Jones for a journey round the Midlands exploring the best staycation retreats they have to offer. The pair begin in Rutland where they stay at the Rocket Lodge, an eco-build made of upcycled grain silos that boasts a wood-fired hot-tub, a circular kitchen and a disco bathroom. In the sand dunes on a strip of the Lincolnshire coastline, the duo stay in a rebooted 70s beach house called Sandy Feet where Sandi learns that 'Netflix and chill' doesn't mean what she thinks it does. They end their trip close to the Welsh border on the Walcot Estate in a 200-year-old hideaway known as the Wheelwright's shop that once lived 20 miles away but was dismantled and transported piece by piece before being rebuilt to look exactly the same