Sunday 2 November 2014

The Kingfisher

Maidenhead to Langley
25 Oct 2014
11 people
29 km,18 miles

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A kingfisher, a kingfisher, my companions cried
I turned around too slowly, nothing for to see
But heard the flapping wings of lively swans
Beating low onto the water of the river Thames.

We saw a sporting stone at Cookham village
Where Stanley Spencer used to live and paint
The shadows of Profumo in Cliveden's park
Lunch at the Riot Club for £10.60 each.

Russet woodlands and a tiny pleasure pond
Temple paths through Langley's country park
Autumn evening sunlight low across our way
Our train comically delayed on our way home.