Taken in February, from the farms old upland Deer Park the top photograph looks North-East, towards the Roman Road striking diagonally up the lower slopes of Buckden Pike on its way from Ilkley to Askrik. Also shown is the Dales Way following the two part company as the Dales Way continues to the head of Langstrothdale, crosssing the watershed to decent Dent Dale

Looking North- West up Wharfedale
Circle shows location of farm.

Part of the Dalesway as it follows one of the old carriage drives through the farm

Step outside the front door of Redmire and you are directly into a myriad network of footpaths that reflect the life and industry of centuries of movement of people on foot.

Follow the high level ridge ways of Early man between hill top settlements, henges and stone circles. Romans forging their way north. Trade routes from Dale to Dale connecting Monastic Granges. Drove roads over green lanes bringing stock to the Autumn Fairs in Buckden and beyond, and Pack-horse trails up the hill sides carrying wood, lead ore and fuel to the smelt mills and lime kilns. - Or simply villages going from one village to another through fields and stiles. All have made their pathways round about.

Whether your kind of walking is to follow in the steps of the Drovers and pack horses ranging Fell and Dale, in the company of lapwing and curlew, or prefer the mid-level walks of the limestone pavement where rock rose and hearts tounge shyly peep from their sheltered limestone crevices on the magnificence of Wharfdale spread before them. Or are more comfortable with the gentle level riverside paths of the villagers going to their work in the fields, through meadows of wildflowers, where you may glimpse a kingfisher, dipper or sand piper. In late Spring smell sweet cicely and hear the plop of a trout, and watch the antics of the hundreds of lambs.- Here there is a rich patchwork of human and natural history to discover and unravel in this lovely "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".