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Dyffryn Ogwen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a brand new blog, created to share stories, songs and images from my travels and explorations. \u00a0As a photographer\u00a0and\u00a0filmmaker who loves to travel, I wanted a platform to showcase my experiences. \u00a0I was continually being disappointed with social media sites such as Facebook, which while\u00a0being\u00a0useful in some ways, did not give me creative control over my content. \u00a0The first experiences I will share on this blog will be stories from my recent trip to the UK and Ireland. \u00a0Come back again soon, as I will be sharing my first instalment in the next couple of days, when I will take you on a journey\u00a0to Snowdonia, in Northern Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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