Dog-friendly Lastingham

A stone-built village pub opposite Lastingham's remarkable Norman church, serving good honest Yorkshire pub food from nearby farms and producers. There are two restaurant areas, one of which allows dogs, so you can eat with your dog rather than being confined to the bar. A natural halt on the moorland path over from Hutton-le-Hole.

An 8.7-mile village-to-village round with 190 metres of ascent, close to four hours, linking three of the prettiest settlements on the southern moors on field paths, green lanes and a short spell of moor edge. Start from the small car park in Lastingham beside St Mary's church, whose Norman crypt is worth ten minutes at the end; there is no bus of any use, so this is a car walk. Becks at Lastingham and Appleton give water, and dogs can run on the moor-edge tracks, but the field sections are full of sheep and stock-proof stiles, and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July.

A long-established country house hotel in ten acres of garden above Lastingham, a short stroll from St Mary's crypt. Well behaved pets are taken by prior arrangement for a nominal charge, though the house rules keep them out of the public rooms.