Lovely Cycle to Hutton le Hole

Hutton-le-Hole is without doubt one of the North York Moors most attractive villages.

And at just under 5-miles distance from Rosedale Abbey, it's very easy for cycling guests staying at Rosella Cottage to ride into the neighbouring village.

But, of course, you can also just drive there - the road across Spaunton Moor offers rather spendid views.

Hutton-le-Hole is a Traditional North York Moors Village.

But cycling comes with the added benefit (or not) of being able to make the claim that you've ridden up the steepest public road in the whole of England - Rosedale's World famous Chimney Bank - "the chain-breaker"!

Once you're conquered Bank Top, you'll discover its a downhill ride into Hutton-le-Hole; and find there a wonderful village green that runs the full length of the village.

The green grass is a perfect picnic spot throughout the summer months; and the little stream that runs down the middle of the green is just deep enough to have a paddle.

The Village has a Wonderful Green and a Babbling Brook.

It's a great spot if you're visiting with children - our own kids love spashing in the stream!

The green is also popular with our unique Moorland sheep - they're nearly always to be found in Hutton-le-Hole - and seem to delight in just standing in the road playing "chicken" with the passing cars.

If you don't fancy a picnic on the grass, you can always get great bar-meals or sandwiches from the Crown Inn.

The Crown is a Traditional North York Moors Pub with Good Food.

Make sure to visit the gift shops, ice cream parlour and sweetie shop.

You can also visit the Chocolate Factory and watch the fresh handmade chocolates being lovingly created.

The Chocolate Factory offers a tempting treat to anyone visiting Hutton-le-Hole and is a "must-see" attration for chocolate lovers of all ages.

But the Jewel in the Crown of Hutton-le-Hole's attractions has to be the fabulous Ryedale Folk Museum.

Rosedale Abbey is a "Mecca" Destination for Cyclists.

The museum showcases over 5,000 years of North Yorkshire Life and is recognised to be Yorkshire's leading open air museum.

There are 13 historic buildings which have been brought from their original locations across the Moors and re-built in this "village within a village".

Set in three acres of grounds, the reconstructed historic buildings include, shops, thatched cottages, an Elizabethan-era manor house, barns and workshops.

The buildings help to record and illustrate the daily lives of ordinary North Yorkshire folk from the bronze-age period into the 1960s.

Other treasures include the oldest daylight photographic studio in Britain; the Hayes collection of photographs; a splendid early Victorian-era Merryweather Fire Engine; and a wide selection of North Yokshire farming and craft tools and domestic implements.

The museum hosts a series of special days and events throughout the year, including, craft demonstrations, rare breeds of farm livestock, engine days, working cottage life, and more besides.

You'll Often get to See Farming Displays and Rare Breeds.

The Ryedale Folk Museum is celebrating its Fiftieth year of opening this year; and to help celebrations - it was acknowledged as winner of Yorkshire Museum of the Year for 2014.