Duncan M Simpson

Writing, about youth hostels, their history and the people and ideas behind them. Three books.

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

"The more you circulate on your travels, the better citizen you become." Roosevelt about #hostels 1937 from @YHAOfficial archive @CadburyRL

[Kate Ashbrook @CampaignerKate]

Remembering Len Clark on what would have been his 108th birthday, friend and wise advisor of @openspacessoc @campaign4parks @YHAOfficial @nationaltrust @FriendSouthDwns & many more. Still much missed.

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@Elizabethyha Yikes, that was a lovely day

[Emily Thomas @emilytwrites]

Sex! Gambling! Babminton!
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

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@LakesStiles Serendipitous! And, look, I spelt it right...😳

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@LakesStiles @TLWforCumbria It's a crime scene. The mystery of the missing stonemason.

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

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

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

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...)
https://t.co/ObHusJVPZK

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft @hostellingscot Opinan! Spellcheck gone haywired...🤔🤣

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

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

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@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 ?

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@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...

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@LakesStiles @alireddeer @RedRiverCroft Love the book cover! Will look for info on that hostel when I am back in the "library" 🤣

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@PeakMcCloy @YHAOfficial @Fredbat @nationaltrust Doesn't it just.

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

A hostel a week, this week Wilderhope Manor, the Elizabethan home, built in 1588, of Francis Smallman @YHAOfficial @Fredbat @nationaltrust >>> https://t.co/trV0hggkEV

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

Swimming at Tarn Hows. @LakesStiles @TLWforCumbria

[Clare Reynolds @clarereynolds20]

A swim a day.
Joseph Hardman (1893–1972) Swimming at Tarn Hows
https://t.co/zkuLxnutxq @artukdotorg

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

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

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

A hostel a week, Liverpool, where the first hostels were almost as old as YHA itself. @YHAOfficial @Fredbat >>> https://t.co/O7E3gsMa60

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

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

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

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

[Duncan M Simpson @mac8lay]

@TLWforCumbria @LakesStiles Lewis and Clark? After their expedition to cross North America I suppose.