Jenny Lunnon
Meet Jenny, our family ambassador. Jenny and her partner and two children visit YHA's around England and Wales, sharing their thoughts and experiences.
Articles written by Jenny Lunnon
On Esthwaite Water: from Wordsworth to Mr Jeremy Fisher
Apart from the occasional pop of a fish, Esthwaite Water was still and silent, a mirror reflecting the autumn fells. A lonely cloud drifting past made me think of Wordsworth. He loved ice skating...
YHA Boggle Hole: ahoy! A seashore safari
I gazed into the rock pool hoping to spot a Velvet Swimming Crab, its red eyes glowing bright like car tail lights. Seven years previously an ecologist from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust had shown...
Gothic glamping at YHA Whitby
Our family ambassador Jenny and her family took a trip to Whitby this August and stayed in one of the new bell tents at YHA Whitby...
Sunshine and scattered showers: spring in the Peak District
Waking up slowly to the thrumming of raindrops and gentle bleating of new-born lambs is the best way to start the day. Lying in bed in an oak-beamed attic at YHA Hartington Hall, other countryside...
Squirrels and rainbows: walks from Keswick
It must have been a magnificent way to arrive in Keswick, the train from Penrith rushing down into the steep-sided wooded valley, then crossing the River Greta again and again, eight times in all..
The Granite Way: a bicycling, tricycling adventure
I could hear him coming up on the inside, legs whirring at 100 rpm. A decade of daily trampolining has given him strong calf muscles. Glancing sideways as he overtook me, I saw a big smile...