FANS of the Dymock poets gathered together for a daffodil walk near the village.

As part of a spring weekend of events organised by the Friends of the Dymock Poets, about 40 people strolled through wild meadows on Saturday.

Chairman of the group Roy Palmer and his wife, Pat, led walkers along a four and a half mile round trip along the River Leadon.

Wild daffodils growing there were the subjects of several poems by the revered writing group, including ones by John Drinkwater and Wilfred Gibson.

Despite the widespread destruction of many wild meadows in recent years, once prolific wild daffodils still grow in fields saved by conservation groups and local farmers.

Mr Palmer said: "We also walked along a high sandstone bank overlooking the river at Ketford. There are mainly wild daffodils there, which have smaller flowers and shorter stems than cultivated varieties."

He also said that the walkers could see couple of the houses inhabited by Dymock poets, including The Gallows at Ryton and Crowfield Farm, at which Lascelles Abercrombie wrote Ryton Firs in 1919.

Other events over the weekend included talks from two north-eastern poets, Keith Armstrong and Katrina Porteous, in Ledbury and a coach tour of houses associated with the poets.

Mr Palmer said: "It seemed to me to go extremely well and certainly a lot of people expressed pleasure at the events."

In October the group will be holding its autumn weekend of activities.

Not only does the date coincide with the anniversary of the first meeting of some of the poets in 1913 but it will also mark the tenth anniversary of the Friends of the Dymock Poets.