Youth hostels promoted wild swimming
Wild swimming, hostels and water
Looking to the future
Stuff gets in the way of getting things done but that's getting done too.
Too much success
Farming, jams and all change A fortunate few celebrated the anniversary of national parks and the legacy of John Dower on a lovely November day in Yorkshire, just ahead of the first snow of winter. We were at the youth hostel at Malham which John Dower designed. He crafted plans for the national parks which... Continue Reading →
A Guide to the YHA Archive
A guide to the YHA and YMCA archives has now been published by the Cadbury Research Library. The guide outlines a brief history of both organisations along with an overview of the archives for them. You can watch a film of the launch of the new catalogue - about 13 minutes in for anyone wishing... Continue Reading →
Hostels re-imagined
YHA wants to involve more people in running youth hostels. It’s an approach with potential for sustainable tourism, a way of maintaining and re-imagining hostels, based on YHA’s long history. At its start, in 1930, with people eager for hostels to open, YHA lacked the resources to build or buy its own properties, and turned... Continue Reading →
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