A sunlit autumn walk

Kington*, nestled among the hills,
where footpaths meet at the edge of Wales.
We take one leading to Castle Twt,
a neat ‘look-out’ mound, – but keep to the foot-
-path, in passing through the wood,
(if not, there’s a tin for the asked-for pound)
– bamboo and other exotics are found,
(it’s managed by gardeners for th’estate nearby),
autumn colours, a leafy sky,
everything dappled with bright sunlight,
a shimmering pool in a sheltered glade,
multiple species enjoying the shade;
‘but what is that?’ – a thin tree towers,
full of four-petalled, white, wild-rose-like flowers,
we’re puzzled, ‘wrong leaf, wrong season’, we haven’t a clue:
a stroller happened by, – and its name he knew;**

we soon emerge, to an over-valley view,
and descend to the Arrow, where branches frame
pools of light and shadows on dark, flowing shallows.

* not Knighton **euchryphia nymanensis