Call The Midwife star Helen George marks huge milestone in new age gap romance

star Helen George has revealed she and her new boyfriend took a romatic break together as she shared a series of images of their getaway to . The 40-year-old mum of two and her new beau, 51-year-old businessman Dan Innes, who is a father of two, spent a cosy weekend at the dog friendly Tawny Hotel in Stoke on Trent. The star admitted she was gifted the mini break as she wrote: “A glorious weekend was had by all at @thetawnyhotel. Relaxing, delicious and hearty.”

In the images the star, who plays Nurse Trixie Aylward in the long runnng period drama, included his and her robes, her holding a hand of cards as her hand rests on Dan’s leg and images of her dog enjoyng the great outdoors on walks. She also went Insta official with Dan as she posted a selfie of the pair together as they appear to be on a stroll.

In the sweet snap Helen coyly looks out from under the brim of her hat while Dan smiles beside her with his hands in his pocket as he adopts a casual pose.

Dan isn’t involved in showbusiness but rather is a real estate developer who declares himself a “future thinker and global voyeur” on his page.

The couple were first linked on Valentine’s Day when Helen posted from a romantic meal out although she didn’t share a picture of his face. For his part Dan posted an image of the star holding a botlle of wine jokingly captioned: “Can I get this to go please? #yesyesyes”.

Despite Helen’s huge step in her relationship fans seemed more interested in the luxurious yet tranquil surroundings and took to the comments to gush about it.

“I got back yesterday after 3 nights there. Amazing place!” one exclaimed.

“Ooh I’ve been so keen to go here! Looks divine!” another said.

“A third chimed in: “My favourite place.” A fourth wrote: “Fantastic hotel.”

Meanwhile another fan who lives locally made a confession. “If I’d have seen you at the Black Lion (a local walk for us) I’d have been quietly fan girling so hard,” they admitted.