Hostel of the week

St David’s had been searched for many years for a suitable hostel property. In 1950 a cottage was discovered at Ffynnon Ffaeddog [sic], 600 yards from Whitesands Bay and two miles from the village ‘city’.

The accommodation was not ideal – one small cottage with outbuildings – but it had a roof and four walls.

The cottage was made to house the common room, members’ kitchen and warden’s quarters, whilst the stables and pigsty were turned into quite comfortable, if rather unusual, dormitories. Various alterations have been made since and another hostel followed.

More in John Martin’s historical profile https://duncanmsimpsonwriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/12h-y950001-st-davids-yhs-profile-rev2020-01-01_compressed.pdf