2020 has turned the corner into the arrival of 2021 and with it bringing the gift of enormous snow showers here in North Wales. I know that a lot of people have missed visiting North Wales last year and what looks to be the beginning of this year. So I headed up into the mountains to take a few shots of this wonderful sight so you can see how the New Year looks in the valley of Cwm Brwynog and Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon all wrapped up in glorious snow.

For the past few months since the busy period of August both Josh and I have been busy up in the mountains and this blog post runs through what we have been up to and how we maintain Yr Helfa. The weather has started to take a turn, the wind is blowing, the rain is rather heavy at times but thats what makes running a remote accommodation business exciting and it hasn’t stopped us from servicing the off-grid equipment, carrying out upgrades and taking new pictures for our social sites and this very website.

To effectively look after Yr Helfa with the aim to upgrade every year we split the work into three main areas. The first being power. As Yr Helfa is powered by off-grid technology our first and foremost priority is to ensure that the equipment is working effectively, efficiently and any servicing is booked in by our specialist engineers before winter takes hold. The backup generator has now been serviced, the Biomass boiler and underfloor heating has had a pump repaired and is working perfectly and the fire service has visited and