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And Now Two More 24 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
Another week, another two Scottish hostels for sale – this time it’s Loch Ness and Uig (on sale here and here respectively). For those of you following along at home, that brings the total tally to se...
Yet More Scottish Hostels for Sale 14 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
Two more hostels have joined the growing list of SYHA’s properties that have quietly donned a “for sale” sign. Newton Stewart/Minnigaff and Raasay are the latest casualties – on sale here and here res...
Broadmeadows YH to be Sold 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
From celebrations at one of the UK’s oldest hostels to less cheery news at another one: Broadmeadows YH is up for sale. The news broke in an article in the Southern Reporter; nothing’s appeared on the...
Happy Birthday YHA Jordans! 8 Aug 2013 | 02:52 am
YHA Jordans is preparing for an important celebration this weekend, marking eighty years since its official opening in 1933. This makes it one of the oldest youth hostels in the country (I believe YHA...
Gatliff Trust Launch Howmore Appeal 30 Jul 2013 | 04:15 am
The Gatliff Trust, which operates a trio of simple hostels in the Outer Hebrides as an SYHA affiliate, has launched an appeal to upgrade one of its hostels – Howmore YH. The Howmore Appeal aims to rai...
Youth Hostellers – A Review 26 Jul 2013 | 09:04 pm
In April 1963, 14-year-old Michael Priestley met up with a school friend and cycled the thirty miles to Delamere Forest YH. It was the beginning of a thirteen-year period that would see Michael and hi...
YHA a Top “Staycation” Choice 17 Jul 2013 | 10:27 pm
A week at YHA Ambleside was the number 1 choice in a list of cheap family holidays featured in the Sunday Mirror last weekend: If you thought youth hostels meant bunking down in a dorm full of strang...
Vote to Spend HI Sustainability Fund 17 Jul 2013 | 03:57 am
In April 2012, the Hostelling International Sustainability Fund was launched as part of the world-wide hostelling body’s Sustainable Tourism initiative. Customers booking hostels via the HI website ar...
AGM 2013 – The Story in Pictures 15 Jul 2013 | 11:51 am
I’ll write a more detailed report of Saturday’s AGM in the next few days, but for the time being here’s some pictures that (I hope) tell the story. Just click on one of the thumbnails below to begin ...
Hostels Recognised for Educational Work 21 Jun 2013 | 06:31 pm
A story in the Ashbourne News Telegraph reports that YHA Ilam has received an award for the quality of the educational work they do. The hostel is just one of twenty-five YHA hostels around the countr...
