YHA hostels have reinvented themselves – and changed almost as much as our writer has in the 20 years since she last stayed in one
The last time I went youth hostelling in Whitby, I was a teenager smuggling in vodka, dyeing my hair in the toilets and trying to get off with boys. This time, I am sipping a glass of wine on the sun terrace, taking in the sea views. If I’ve changed over the last 20 years, then so have hostels. They have bars, for one thing. Nice bars!
Well, YHA Boggle Hole has, at least. This youth hostel in Fylingthorpe, six miles south of Whitby, is the latest to benefit from YHA’s investment programme – £22m on refurbishments since 2010, plus £10m on six new properties. This particular renovation was eight months in the making and cost £1.2m.
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