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What more could you want from @BBCRadio4’s Moral Maze show on tourism? You can hear me defending the value of travel against infidels again on BBC Sounds: https://t.co/tCsUGmSjyK
Education is a vital part of youth hostels but maybe not in ways immediately obvious today. @YHAOfficial@JamesBlakeYHA @anitakntweets @PeakMcCloy @LakesStiles https://t.co/Dsr6eHjVCX
LOVE this concept of train walks! I did 9 of my 10 book walks by train. My tobacco walk runs from St Bees (train station) along a dramatic cliff walk to Whitehaven (train station). The concept is inspired (especially once the strikes are resolved...)
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For anyone interested in Scotland's youth hostels - a marvel of a book! It's no longer listed for sale but maybe @hostellingscot could reissue? @margo_paterson @LakesStiles
@LakesStiles @alireddeer@RedRiverCroft Here's the Opinian pages from John Martin's "Illustrated Survey of SYHA's Youth Hostels 1931-2011", a marvel of a book for anyone interested in Scotland's hostels. I've no idea how to get copies @hostellingscot ?
@LakesStiles @alireddeer@RedRiverCroft Found I have the pages from John Martin's book, plenty of info and photos - will share when I am able - probly afternoon. Bit tricky on a bike in sunshine...
A hostel a week, this week Wilderhope Manor, the Elizabethan home, built in 1588, of Francis Smallman @YHAOfficial@Fredbat@nationaltrust >>> https://t.co/trV0hggkEV
A hostel a week, this week Malham. In 1937 @YHAOfficial's West Riding Region drew up plans for a hostel at Malham. The facility opened in July 1938 and was the first purpose-built hostel in Yorkshire... >>> https://t.co/AoufhZ1Icc @PeakMcCloy
A Hostel A Week - Pen-y-Pass, adapted from the celebrated mountaineers’ Gorphwysfa Hotel, often also identified as the Pen-y-Pass Hotel. @YHAOfficial@Fredbat >>>https://t.co/bSODmpE35K
A Hostel A week this week Alston where a “youth’s hostel” in the highest market town in England continues with a new owner. @YHAOfficial@Fredbat >>>> https://t.co/5H3LJnS6v9