The Journey: Spring 20
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Articles for this edition of The Journey
Q&A Steve Bate
Steve Bate was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa in late 2011 and officially registered blind. In 2013, he became the first visually impaired person to solo-climb the mighty El Capitan in Yosemite, California. At the...
YHA is 90!
It’s going to be a monumental year for YHA (England & Wales), as we celebrate 90 years since the organisation was founded. That’s a lot of candles – but the year ahead isn’t about cake (at least, it’s not just about cake)....
Four days, three nights, 386 miles in the saddle
A Business Intelligence Developer with YHA for the past three years, Rob Abrey set himself a mammoth fundraising challenge in late 2019: a self-supported cycle across England and Wales. He’s this issue’s hostel hero. Rob Abrey knows plenty about staying on...
Spotted on screen
Lights… camera… action! Our landmark 90th anniversary isn’t passing unnoticed. In mid-February, the BBC’s Inside Out East Midlands dedicated a 10-minute prime-time slot to the history and evolution of “one of our best-known British institutions”: YHA (England &...
Your YHA discoveries
Each issue we’ll be sharing some special moments you’ve had while staying with YHA. We’d love to hear about your most memorable experiences at [email protected] “I wouldn’t let the frosty, icy cold morning put me off my cycling around the Cotswolds on my few days...
A pivotal journey
This photo shows a group of friends from Merseyside (and an assortment of nattily dressed bystanders) on a trip to Germany in July 1929. Their mission? To experience for themselves the youth hostels which had been opening there since 1909. They returned home deeply...