youth hostels, the history, people and ideas behind them
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Continuing the story of Hilary Hughes, based on the log book of her cycle tour in the South of England, a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two young women in 1936, when they were alone in the world, unaided, for a week. 1936 was a momentous year. The Royal scandal of King Edward’s relationship... Continue Reading →
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