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Penmachno is a small, rural Welsh village.

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And it’s nice to live in a close community
where we're all here for each other.

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Five years ago, I started working
for the community council as a clerk,

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and it's been a long journey,

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particularly getting planning 
permission for the mast.

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But we've always been
absolutely 100% behind it.

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And I think that has helped our journey
to actually get to where we are today,

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with a mast in the forest
with signal for everybody.

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Well as far as the mast goes,

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although it's behind the house,
we can't see it from our house.

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It's just a tall green thing

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amongst other green things,
and you really have to look for it.

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The mast has been received
really well, I think

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There are people that we know in the village who,

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you know, have got mobile 
reception for the first time.

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And are literally chuffed to bits.

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Yeah.

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We have had guests
leave us negative reviews

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because of the lack of mobile
phone service.

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But now all of that's gone
away so they can arrive,

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they can open their phones

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when they get here and find out
where they're staying on the site,

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and they can keep in contact
with everyone that they need to.

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I remember when I moved here

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and I was trying to log on 
to my internet banking,

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and it said,
“we’ll send you a one time passcode”,

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Well, I couldn't receive 
text messages here

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so I was then running 100m down the
 drive and standing on a wall

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with my phone in the air,
trying to get this passcode.

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By the time I got back to my desk,

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the moment had gone.

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It timed out, I couldn't log in.

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Mountain biking is big here

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and it brings people in from
from all over the country.

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You know, it's quite a well known trail.

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Safety was quite a concern

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for people coming into the area,
because there was no mobile reception.

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So if people were injured, particularly
if people were coming out on their own,

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then there was really no way
of getting hold of anyone to help.

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One thing that's really important,
this area is made

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for that sort of sustainable
sport and activity.

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The fact that it is now safer is
a very good thing for all of us.

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One of the opportunities we're exploring
within the local community hub is

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to potentially start
a monthly local producers market

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where local people can sell their eggs
or their home-grown vegetables.

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Just the opportunity that if 
people want to be able to take on

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like card payments, for example.

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I could see opportunities

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that are going to benefit
from that perspective.

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It allows just us to, 
you know, contribute and live

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in the way that, people
in more urban areas can.

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What I love about Penmachno is that
it's a great, relaxing place to live.

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When we moved here we thought,

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“Oh, it'll be very quiet,
this village of 600 people,”

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but we're busier now than we've ever been.

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There's loads of social things going on
It's a really strong community.

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There's, a really friendly bunch
of people that live here.

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The village is,
we think, unique.

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It's a very special place.

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A very welcoming place.

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I mean, I don't think you can get 
a better setting than up here.

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I love living in Penmachno.

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It's a wonderful place to live.