{"id":70826,"date":"2026-01-31T18:58:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=70826"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:03:37","slug":"the-king-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-king-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The King Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Standing close to<br \/>\nthe King Tree<br \/>\nCoed y Brenin forest park<br \/>\nAt Tyn-y-Groes<br \/>\nIt makes it\u2019s mark<br \/>\nSeemingly it knows<br \/>\nThe river whitens at that point<br \/>\nOver the boulders below<br \/>\nThis massively impressive tree<br \/>\nAll these years did  grow<br \/>\nAn amazing circumference<br \/>\nStraight up to the sky<br \/>\nImagine the energy<br \/>\nAll those feet<br \/>\nSo high<br \/>\nSurrounded by a cluster<br \/>\nOf comrades one and all<br \/>\nIt really takes your breath away<br \/>\nIn its kingdom it doth rule<\/p>\n<p>A Douglas Fir<br \/>\nA giant stare<br \/>\nInternal circadian clock aware<br \/>\nAll these years and weathers we<br \/>\nExperience it\u2019s instancy<br \/>\nHow it communicates every day<br \/>\nIt\u2019s huge roots thrust<br \/>\nIn its regal way<br \/>\nIt\u2019s what it is it\u2019s how it grows<br \/>\nAcross the years<br \/>\nIt\u2019s what it knows<br \/>\nAn individual a trunk so round<br \/>\nRooted firmly in the ground<\/p>\n<p>On the path where I now stand<br \/>\nHaving walked a while<br \/>\nOn forest land<br \/>\nThe whimsical water down below<br \/>\nSomeone\u2019s dog entered its flow<br \/>\nFetching a branch and curiously<br \/>\nPuffing away in front of me<br \/>\nIn this forest of giants<br \/>\nAn enthralling time<br \/>\nWorthy yes of the simple rhyme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing close to the King Tree Coed y Brenin forest park At Tyn-y-Groes It makes it\u2019s mark Seemingly it knows The river whitens at that point Over the boulders below This massively impressive tree All these years did grow An &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-king-tree\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,249,274,485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-that-i-am-close-to","category-trees","category-trees-our-silent-friends","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70830,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70826\/revisions\/70830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}