"David Martin" <
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> Phil Manning wrote:
>> Chris Hunt from Leicester YHA Group has relaunched his YHA local groups
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>> web site at: www.yhagroup.org.uk
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> I noticed in teh latest copy of Triangle that there are now no YH north
> of Newcastle. Wooler, Byrness, Bellingham and Acomb are closing.
>
> Bah and double Bah if you want to go cycle touring through
> Northumberland.
>
> ..d
>
after a long long time I have abandoned Youth Hotels Association this year.
Not my style at all.
It is a sorry state of affairs when it is impossible to travel from hostel
to hostel without booking 6 months in advance.
It is the same "pc" world that gave "protection" to children and then we
find that we are terrorised by children. As a boy/youth/young man I
travelled all over UK and then Europe. I mixed with all age groups younger
and older and I had a good time and I learned how to behave sensibly. When I
was younger I was sometimes verbally kicked up the "*ss" -- rarely -- but I
did get out of order now and then. I enjoyed hostelling so much. It was a
haven at the end of a long hiking day and fun -- and the job was also to be
done properly without hassle.
Sorry YHA but you have lost your way --
Youth used to mean a state of mind and awareness --- not an actually age
group. I met young people of all ages as I also grew older and I am still
young in mind at 69! Meeting younger aged people also keeps me alert and
young in mind.
I find every year, on my cycle/camping tours, that I forget that I'm an old
"f*rt", and mix and chat with all kinds & ages of folk and they ( and I)
never seem to worry about age -- we are just meeting new people and sharing
time together.
I have gone off at a tangent again -- I am wont to do that occasionally!
Sorry!
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.
www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk