Officially we open our doors again on August 9th and since then we have had many guests who have commented on how blissful and serene it is to stay at Yr Helfa. A new comment, mentioned more than twice on how spiritual it feels to stay at Yr Helfa. On reflection we realised Yr Helfa feels more than a building. Maybe because it produces it’s own energy, maybe because it is located on Snowdon and you can watch people making their pilgrimage to the summit to watch the sunrise and sunset. Whatever it is, Yr Helfa has a wonderful way of making guests feel anew.

More than group accommodation and more than a building - we are not sure what Yr Helfa is but we know it leaves guests with special memories.

Last week I listened to a podcast that spoke about how people are re-defining what success means. According to the podcast success as we know it today is measured by what we wear, what car we drive, how many likes on Instagram we have, the career, the house, being able to multitask and have it all.  The list goes on.  The podcast went onto suggest that the measure of success is starting to change with a noted discomfort surrounding ostentatious spending and displays of wealth. Driven by this new outlook growing amounts of people are moving towards smaller culture laden goods that speak volumes, items with provenance, buying local bread and homemade soaps - once seen as humble products into everyday luxuries. In North Wales small artisans have been doing such that for the example Dinorwig Gin, Purple Moose Ale and Heartland Coffi who are all starting to see rapid success due to this new luxury and shift in mind-set.