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Walking from Penmachno in Snowdonia

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 Again a long gap between blogs but I will attempt to back fill a little. These pictures are from a long weekend we took in June. I had bought a Lomograph 32mm Minotar lens that will fit on a digital camera. (I also have the film camera which sports the same lens). I was really impressed by the way this lens renders colour, and for a really cheap lens it is quite sharp. It also has a rather nice vignette which I must have cut most off as I was shooting in square format on a full frame camera. We went on a long walk, after parking in Penmachno, near Betws-y-Coed. It was a slightly pointless walk, as although we ended up coming along the river from Betws, we were mainly going on dark forestry paths through pine plantations.  The last 3 pictures were taken in the village of Penmachno. We were staying in a rental cottage in Pentrefoelas, not a scenic village, on the A5. We happened to be opposite the pub which we thought useful until we saw the reviews. It was very local but our visit for