Two books, Richard Schirrmann - the man who invented youth hostels and Open to All - how youth hostels changed the world. Both are available from Amazon. The biography of Schirrmann is available as a Kindle book £2.50 or paperback £3.99. Open to All is available as a paperback (£9.99) and kindle (£3.39). Youth hostels... Continue Reading →
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Desirable havens
Youth hostels found new roles in the pandemic. Some housed families at risk of domestic violence. Others housed the homeless or distributed food to their communities. The period echoes the Second World War when youth hostels also turned themselves to other ways. Lands End Youth Hostel The outbreak of the Second World War caused confusion.... Continue Reading →
Inspiring Adventures – Day Six
Fun, freedom and serendipity. Concluding the story of Hilary Hughes’ cycle tour in the South of England from August 1936, which gave the sixteen-year-old a hunger for unknown roads, sunsets behind unknown hills, unknown folk and little known shops, the cheerfulness of hostels, that stayed with her for the rest of her life. The next... Continue Reading →
Inspiring Adventures – Day Five
The next morning, no one had fallen out of their bunks... Continuing the story of Hilary Hughes, based on the log book of her cycle tour in the South of England in August 1936, a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two young women, when they were alone in the world, unaided, for a week.... Continue Reading →
Inspiring Adventures – Day Four
Continuing the story of Hilary Hughes, based on the log book of her cycle tour in the South of England in August 1936, a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two young women in 1936, when they were alone in the world, unaided, for a week. Leaving Nether Wallop that morning took time. Until this... Continue Reading →
Inspiring Adventures – Day Three
Continuing the story of Hilary Hughes, based on the log book of her cycle tour in the South of England in August 1936, a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two young women in 1936, when they were alone in the world, unaided, for a week. Breakfast was nothing, Hilary declared to her diary; a... Continue Reading →
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