Barton-le-Willows to Harton by Butts Lane

Two Howardian foothill hamlets a mile and a bit apart, joined by a single-track lane with grass verges and almost no traffic. The route leaves Barton-le-Willows westward past the pond end of the village, drops onto Butts Lane and then climbs gently south-west on the unfenced lane over Barton Hill to the green at Harton. It is all metalled public highway, so there are no stiles, no gates and no field boundaries to argue with, but it is also unpavemented and used by tractors and milk lorries, so this is a lead walk rather than a running-free walk. The verges are wide enough to step onto for the whole distance and there is a long view north to the Howardian ridge from the high point.