TAKING those first steps to join a walking group can be quite daunting for new walkers and one leader from the Ramblers Wyre Forest Group has gone the extra distance to offer opportunities to first timers this summer. David Lloyd Jones has organised a series of three to four mile walks in the lovely countryside around Worcestershire. The first walk in the series was on Friday 15th May and started from Church Lench; the route took participants through lanes, fields and woods passing through the village of Rous Lench. The weather being bright and sunny and the relaxed pace of this shorter walk allowed walkers plenty of time to stop for refreshments and enjoy the far reaching views of the Malvern Hills, the Abberley Hills and May Hill. All these walks and many more are available on the Ramblers website www.ramblers.org.uk