Summary: Hutton le Hole is one of the most picturesque of villages in the
North Yorkshire National Park and lies in a natural hollow or hole, hence its name. On either side are the limestone headlands of the Tabular Hills, while to the north the land rises steadily to heather-clad Spaunton Moor…… which is where we will be heading today!
We will spend a good part of the day on the open moorland but we won’t exactly be heather-bashing as it will be quite a civilized path that we will walk. The views will be great as we cross Spaunton Moor to pick up the North Yorks Moors road to take us down to our turning point at the White Horse Farm Hotel….. a great watering hole to whet your whistle (if desired) with lovely views over to Rosedale Abbey from the garden…… despite its name, there never was an abbey there – just a small Cistercian nunnery, of which only a stone turret or belfry remains in the village churchyard.
We turn the corner and head back in a looping, generally southern, direction towards Lastingham around the lower edges of the moor until we reach a certain point where we will have to take a steady climb up onto the higher, lower reaches of the moor to make our way to Lastingham.
After visiting Lastingham, we will return to Hutton le Hole after 
making an energy-sapping elevating climb up to Spaunton to then walk along the slightly higher ground to the southern end of the village – this will allow you to run the gauntlet of the many tea-rooms, odd shop and village pub along the length of this wonderful village before getting back to our coach and fellow ramblers.
This is a wonderful walk… Path along Hutton Ridge
'B' Walk - Leader- Lorraine Neep. Distance - 8.2 miles. Asc - 1000 ft. Grade - Mod +. Clockwise.
We start our walk from the car park in this charming village,
hoping the heather is still colourful over the moors. After a short walk along the road we head northwards and upwards on to the open moorland towards Rosedale Abbey. After about 2 miles we turn north eastwards and continue for a further mile, until we meet a track coming northwards which would take us down to Rosedale Abbey. On this occasion we will avoid this steep descent and the subsequent ascent and head southwards to Ana Cross where we will have our lunch break.
Ana Cross is thought to have been a 'sanctuary' cross rather than a 'wayside' cross. The original pre-Norman cross was 24 feet tall and the top part of this still survives and can be seen in the crypt at The Church of St Mary in Lastingham village. The present smaller cross, less impressive at only 12 feet tall, was erected in 1998, replacing the previous cross which collapsed three years earlier in 1995.
After the break we continue southwards along the moorland track into Lastingham for a pub stop at the inviting Blacksmiths Arms.
The final part of the walk takes us through pasture land back towards Hutton le Hole where, hopefully, the cafés are still open.
This is a lovely walk with a few steady climbs, but well worth the effort.
'C' Walk - Leader - Jane Taylor. Distance - 5.4 miles. Asc - 556 ft. Grade - Moderate., Clockwise.
Today’s 'C' walk from the pretty village of Hutton le Hole begins with a visit to the Forge tea rooms where they will be expecting us and have a good choice of breakfast foods, tea and coffee etc on offer.
It is quite an easy walk save for a steep descent into Lastingham for our lunch stop and the unavoidable steep ascent out of the other side. Walking poles might be useful.
People have been living in the Hutton le hole for centuries, many of them spinners and weavers, and the locals have been allowed to graze their sheep on the village greens and grass verges. You will come across the sheep wandering around the village as though they own it to this day.
Once we leave the café we turn right into Abbey Trail and out of the village, 
passing another tea room and a delightful gift shop/craft workshop as we go, where the lady will happily demonstrate the art of felt making. Something to explore on our return.Past a field, over a footbridge and through a wood we reach the edge of the moors where the heather may still be in bloom. We walk along the edge of the moor on the roadside and down good solid paths until we reach Camomile Farm and our descent into Lastingham for lunch. We should have plenty of time to rest here for a while. There is ample seating at the Village Hall for us to eat our sandwiches, St Mary’s Church opposite and the Blacksmiths Arms, both worth a visit.The Church and the Crypt are open to the public and display historic artefacts from the Saxon period. The Blacksmiths Arms is a friendly place with outdoor seating at the front (and of course the obvious facilities)
When we are ready to leave Lastingham we have to steel ourselves for the unavoidable steep climb out of the village, pausing for a breather now and then. No rush. We will stick to the road which, although it has no footpath is reasonably quiet, up to the junction at the top where the road levels out and we turn right towards Spaunton and level ground. Through Spaunton, and past the recently restored village pinfold we turn away from the roads and from now on walk along bridlepaths and the edges of farmland on our way back to Hutton le Hole.It is all quite easy walking here but when we reach Austin Head the bridlepath descends gently and could perhaps be a little tricky if wet.
……..And then we are back on the road into Hutton le Hole and we enter the village at the southern end of the common with the stream running down the middle and sheep grazing along the grassy edges and verges. A very pretty view. We can now wander a while and explore the village until we join the other two groups for our journey home.
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