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From Lalibela you can walk to Ashetan Maryam monastery. As you approach it, you pass a carpark and then take the final steep uphill walking track. At the start of the track is a sign notifying the fees for visiting the monastery. At the bend in the road 100m or so before the sign is a track directly to Hudad Lodge (see also the listing in the 'Sleep' section). It takes a couple of hours to walk from the monastery to Hudad Lodge. Access to the lodge is via a ridge that is only a few metres wide but then opens onto a flat area with 270° views down onto the surrounding farms and terraces. The Lodge is commercial and so you will be expected to buy some injera or light lunch. It is well worth the 100-200 birr. The round trip is a full day's walk. It's probably best to get a guide, as the route is not always obvious.
A modern, airy building (opened by the United Kingdom's Princess Anne on 9 Oct 2002!) with a small stock of books in Amharic and an even smaller stock (many of them textbooks) in English.
Although the women who runs this stayed in France for several years she never learned to cook a crêpe properly. However, she is probably just the person to teach you how to make injera with a fine and tasty wat over an open fire.