Five of us arrived on a glorious sunny May afternoon at the gates of Hummingbird House – a quick call on the buzzer and the wooden gates swung opened to reveal a stunning wisteria-clad Wealden farmhouse in the most glorious of settings – from the serene fish pond with its resident mallards  to the perfectly-clipped potted topiary and the painted gazebo at the bottom of the lawn - we knew we were in for a sensational weekend