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Places - Finch Foundry, Sticklepath

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Places - Finch Foundry, Sticklepath

6 Jun 2022 11:47PM Views : 377 Unique : 260

Finch Foundry is a 19th Century foundry where metal hand tools were made for the farming and mining industries. Now a National Trust property, it lies in the village of Sticklepath, near Okehampton in Devon. I was armed with the Pentax K-1 full frame DSLR with its weather resistant 28-105mm lens. It was wet. Apart from raining constantly, there was a fair amount of water being chucked about from the water wheel, but of course this is great for enhancing colour. Here's a selection of images.

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