Hostelling with friends at YHA Poppit Sands
While YHA Poppit Sands has left the YHA network, many other YHA hostels are available for Exclusive Hire. It was a long, winding journey west through the Preseli Mountains...
Activities
A local guide to the rolling White Peak
In stark contrast to the wild remote Dark Peak the White Peak is a landscape of gently rolling limestone plateau and strips of colourful hay meadows studded with native wildflowers. Home to...
Visit Chester: the perfect city break
The quiet, charming, quaint old English city of Chester, which was founded as a Roman fortress in 79 AD and surrounded by ancient walls, should be top of your to-do list...
Five of the best eco-friendly holidays in the UK
We’re all trying to be more eco friendly these days. Shopping local, skipping plastic bottles and choosing zero waste options where we can. But when it comes to taking our annual vacation those...
6 must-visit walking destinations in the UK
Walking is a free way of taking in the best of Britain’s scenic sites. So, bearing this in mind, here are our six favourite walking destinations in the UK waiting to be discovered...
Exploring routes for YHA Festival of Walking
For me, volunteering to check map routes for the YHA Festival of Walking allowed me to re-discover the joy of hostelling and getting out into nature. The fresh air, exercise and change of scenery...