The longest established youth hostel in Wales, and a personal favourite. Who couldn’t love it with all those hills around it?
When in 1929 and 1930 pioneering Merseysiders were dreaming of a bold new plan, inventing a British version of German jugendherbergen to open up one corner of Britain, North Wales, to their tramping, they imagined a loop of simple hostels from Liverpool to Snowdon and back, spaced 15 or so miles apart, each a hard day’s walk.
The initial plan was altered frequently, until the Merseyside Group, like a few others in England and Wales, produced a concerted effort to open a few places at Easter 1931.
Four North Wales hostel were opened by them just in time, in what appeared to be a breakneck finale of preparations. Idwal Cottage was one of these four…
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