A group of friends from Llanddewi-Brefi have launched the first ever Welsh Escape Room in a caravan.
The initiative, which is called Jengyd (which means 'escape' in Welsh), aims to offer experiences in Welsh and on Welsh themes, and will be travelling to parts of Ceredigion this winter.
An escape room is a game in which a team of players discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks in one or more rooms in order to accomplish a specific goal in a limited amount of time. Escape rooms often have various themes.
In Jengyd, people will have the opportunity to work together to solve a series of puzzles and clues in the kitchen of Christine Bott and Richard Kemp - the two leading scientists of the famous LSD drug campaign, Operation Julie, that happened in Tregaron during the 70s.
The brains behind the game are Dorian, Iwan, Elan, Enfys, Lynet and Emyr, who came up with the idea after trying to think of community activities that could take place during the Covid-19 period.
The group decided to hire a room at the New Inn pub in Llanddewi Brefi as part of a festival.
With every group in a bubble and every prop disinfected between each group, the group realised that Jengyd could be one of the few activities working in the midst of a pandemic.
According to Enfys Hatcher Davies, the idea for the first theme for the escape room was "easy".
"We are very excited to welcome visitors to the Jengyd caravan," she said.
"Choosing the first theme was easy, as we lived on the doorstep of the all-crazy campaign - Operation Julie.
"Three of us are also teachers as well, so we won't be short of ideas in the future.
"We have also created the Escape Room scenario in an envelope so it could be a very different Christmas present for someone, so a lot of fun and a lot of head scratching for the whole family!
"The reaction so far has been really good and positive. We can't wait to develop it further."
The escape room will make its first trip to the Pontyrhydfendigaid Christmas Fair on November 28th.
