youth hostels, the history, people and ideas behind them
John Martin has been making his historical profiles available on this site. Here, in a guest post, he writes about progress developing the profiles. Llwyn-y-Celyn, courtesy John Martin Since the beginning of 2020 the following Profiles have been added to the collection: Northumberland: Ninebanks; Wallington, Great Bavington and Rothley Shiel hostels; WholehopeCounty Durham: *Edmundbyers area;... Continue Reading →
Guest writer, Linda Willmott, one of the owners of the youth hostel, on owning and running a youth hostel on the Pennine Way, the guests she's seen and a heavy heart. Alston Youth Hostel on the Pennine Way looking for a new owner Where is Alston? We didn’t really know other than it was nearly... Continue Reading →
On a lovely autumn day in England's Lake District, we visited Wray Castle, overlooking Windermere. Under blue skies, views of the surrounding hills were clear, not a cloud in sight. The castle, now open as one of the National Trust’s many properties, was busy; families, couples, children, and cyclists, setting out to explore the grounds,... Continue Reading →
Youth hostels are about travel and, at their start, that was travelling on foot, from place to place, from one hostel to the next. A chain or chains of youth hostels had been the dream of many when they first entertained the idea of hostels; the dream of leaving the place where you lived and... Continue Reading →
Orchard House, near Ninebanks in Northumberland, has been a hostel for 75 years, and for 31 years of those years has been run by its owners. They are now planning to sell the hostel, creating an opportunity for someone else to own this hostel in the beautiful North Pennines. The sale of a privately owned... Continue Reading →
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